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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.

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This episode, we're going to talk about Bill Richardson and

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his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and how Jeffrey Epstein was

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spreading a bunch of dough around New Mexico. Now, just

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like in the other episode when we were talking about

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George Mitchell, we're going to start out with an entry

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from his Wikipedia page and we'll go from there. So

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from the Wikipedia page, and for those of you who

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might not be familiar with Bill Richardson, here's a little refresher.

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William Blaine Richardson the third is an American politician, author,

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and diplomat who served as the thirtieth Governor of New

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Mexico from two thousand and three to twenty and eleven.

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He was also the US Ambassador to the United Nations

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and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration, a US Congressman,

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chairman of the two thousand and four Democratic National Convention,

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and chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. You would think

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that a guy like this would be under as much

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pressure as a dude like alex Acosta. But we didn't

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see that, did we. Again, ask yourselves why in December

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of two thousand and eight, Richardson was nominated for the

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cabinet level position of Secretary of Commerce in the first

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Obama administration, but withdrew a month later as he was

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being investigated for possible improper business dealings in New Mexico.

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Squeaky clean guy. You have here another one of these

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squeaky clean politicians that you want to get up there

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and carry water for. Who at the same time that

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you're talking about how great he is, Well, he's hanging

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out with Ebstein, breaking bread with Ebstein, and, according to Virginia,

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abusing her. Although the investigation was later dropped, it was

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seen to have damaged Richardson's career as his second and

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final term in New Mexico's governor concluded, Look, this is

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a guy who was avoided all of the real pressure here,

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all of the real question uestionians. You think this guy

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has been hammered the way somebody like Prince Andrew has been.

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Of course not. Hell, we've hardly even heard about Bill

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Richardson in this story. Does the legacy media even though

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he exists. Richardson has occasionally provided advice on diplomatic issues

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pertaining to North Korea. And has visited the nation on

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several occasions, including efforts to release American detainees. He has

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completed a number of private humanitarian missions, one of which

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secured the release of US journalist Danny Fenster from a

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Minimar prison in November of twenty twenty one. Twenty fifteen

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court documents that were unsealed in twenty nineteen alleged Richardson's

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possible involvement with the Jeffrey Epstein child sex trafficking ring.

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Now you would think, but maybe just me that if

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Jeffrey Epstein's name is included in the what third paragraph

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of the opening section of your Wikipedia entry, that you

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will I didn't have anything to do with the government

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anymore that you know, Joe Biden or the current administration

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wouldn't be sending you over to Russia to do any

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negotiations on their part. But yet here we are another

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person being ignored, another person who allegedly took part in

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the abuse. And where are all of the voices calling

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for accountability. We're all of the advocates that are out

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there protesting this one, that one and the other one

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doing the same with Bill Richardson. You see, it's a

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bad look for people, and it says a lot about them.

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And the people who are only trying to tell one

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side of the story or only focusing on one side

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of the aisle, well, they have other motivations when it

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comes to whatever they're doing here. Me guess what, folks,

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you know when they say some people just want to

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see the world burn. I just want to see all

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of Epstein's associates, no matter their political affiliation, get what's

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coming to them, and politics be damned in the pursuit

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of that. Now, don't get it twisted. We all have

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our biases, we all have the things we believe in,

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But when you're pursuing the truth, you have to be

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able to suspend your bias and dig into the truth

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no matter where it leads you. But a lot of

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people can't do it. A lot of people are just

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looking to score political points all these years into this case,

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and I find it gross offensive and a huge roadblock

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on the way to actually getting justice here, because when

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you're trying to battle through all of that nonsense every day,

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it's hard to stay focused on the task at hand.

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For me, however, I stay laser focused. You know why,

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because I am so mad at what happened here, so

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beyond disgusted by the behavior of the institutions that are

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supposed to safeguard people that there is no way that

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I would ever be discouraged or knocked off the case here.

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We are way too deep at this point, and there

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is only one outcome, and that outcome is justice. Anything

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less is unacceptable in my opinion. So here's an idea, NPR.

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Instead of writing about conspiracy theories and getting in the

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way of us pursuing that justice, why don't you write

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some articles about Bill Richardson. Why don't you write some

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articles about George Mitchell. Why don't you talk about their

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deep connections and ties to Jeffrey Epstein and the fact

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that they're being directly accused of partaking in the abuse.

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Until you start doing that, until you start really digging

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into the story and telling the real story, I will

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continue to mock your work. Today, however, we're going to

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talk about tax records in New Mexico and how they

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show that Jeffrey Epstein was spreading around power and influence.

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This article is from the Santa Fe, New Mexican and

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the headline tax records show Jeffrey Epstein's power and influence.

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This article was authored by Milan Siemenitch and it was

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published originally April twenty fifth of twenty twenty and it

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was up dated on May thirty first of twenty twenty one.

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In a Life of Wealth, Sex crimes, and deal Making,

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Jeffrey Epstein commanded attention. So did his seven seven hundred

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and fifty nine acre Zoro Ranch in Santa Fe County. Well,

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it didn't get any attention, did it. They've raided the

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Zoro Ranch as many times as they've raided in my house,

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which is exactly zero. Although if I keep talking the

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way I do on here, I'm sure I'll be on

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the radar at some point. Eight months after Epstein hanged

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himself allegedly in a jail cell after being charged with

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sex trafficking of girls in New York and Florida, the

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ranch remains controversial. Yeah, it would be a lot less

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controversial if somebody would kick in the door, wave it

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in the four to four like Biggie and see what's

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going on in the joint. But nobody cares. Nobody wants

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to do anything about it, especially the politicians in New Mexico.

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Its center pieces a hilltop man covering twenty six seven

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hundred square feet. It contains four of the twenty six

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bedrooms distributed throughout a compound. The rest are spread across

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seven more dwellings across the Santa Fe County tax records. So,

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as we all know, Zoro Ranch is a sprawling complex.

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And as you see on Twitter, I've posted pictures before

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of my adventure there. And when you look at it

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from the front, you see in the very front there

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before you get to the main house, there is a

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development and that is where all of the help would stay.

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The fake firehouse, the fake fire truck, all of that

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stuff is visible right from the front. Yet the value

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of that land is listed by county government at only

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ten thousand dollars. Really ten grand, huh for the whole

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entire kitt in kaboodle. Must be nice to know people,

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because I have ten grand folks. If that's the case,

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and I can buy Epstein's land for ten grand, I

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can walk in right now with a cash offer. What's up,

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let's do it. Santa Fe resident David Brown says the

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assessor's office had a practice of undervaluing Epstein's property, handing

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tax breaks to a tainted but powerful man. Epstein's land

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is valued at ten K. My tiny Vista Primi a

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lot is valued at seventy two K. So ask yourselves again,

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why is a guy like Bill Richardson, who is running

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around in a place like New Mexico wielding incredible power

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protecting a guy like Jeffrey Epstein. Now you can say, well,

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you can't prove that, but all of the signs point

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to Epstein being protected in this state. So what's the deal?

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Santa Fe County Assessor Gus Martinez told me Brown's comparison

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is statistically correct, but it's deceptive. You gotta look at

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the total value of the property, Martinez said, Brown and

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I have done that. The assessor last year valued the

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structures on Epstein's ranch at fifteen dollars and six excuse me,

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fifteen point sixty eight million. Agricultural land was worth another

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forty thousand, eight hundred and nineteen Altogether. That gave Epstein's

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ranch a value of fifteen point seventy four million. His

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real estate taxes for twenty nineteen were one hundred and

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nine thousand, five hundred and seventy seven dollars on fifteen million.

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How in the hell is that okay? I'm paying a

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higher rate than that, And believe me when I tell you, folks,

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I don't have Jeffrey Epstein got of money, Martinez said.

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The ranch's value in taxes are projected to increase a

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bit this year, even with the coronavirus pandemic devastating the economy. Look,

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we know that the value of the ranch has been

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propped up. We know that it opened that like twenty

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seven and a half million. Now it's down to twenty

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two and a half million, still up from what the

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assessor was assessing it at Brown is an a peace

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by the assessor's explanation. In twenty ten, with the country

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in a recession, Epstein's ranch had a value of almost

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twenty million dollars. So they're saying that it was fifteen

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point seventy four million, meaning the local government inside of

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New Mexico saying that. But the reality is when it

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went on the market, it was twenty seven and a

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half million. So why are all of the local government

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apparatuses willing to work with Jeffrey Epstein in New Mexico

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or at least previously. I won't say the current people

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are because we don't have enough information. But man, oh man,

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you wonder why Jeffrey Epstein was hanging out in New Mexico.

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And this tells you everything you need to know for

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tax purposes. The valuation dropped by five million in succeeding

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years before starting a slight climb. Brown's theory is that

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Epstein's power and political connections kept the ranch from receiving

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much attention or a proper tax bill. Bingo. That is

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exactly what it was. Epstein came into New Mexico, and

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he came in there like an asteroid hitting the ground.

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All that money to spread around, all that power, all

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that influence. Everybody in the state knows. He's good friends

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with Bill Richardson, He's good friends with the Kings. You

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know how this goes. Epstein, in nineteen ninety three bought

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Land and Stanley for what would become his ranch. The

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seller was Bruce King, who was New Mexico's sitting governor

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and one of the state's legendary politicians. King, a Democrat,

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served longer as governor than anyone in New Mexico history.

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He held office for twelve years. And look again, where

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are all of the people that want to yip and

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yap about politics? One way or the other, but have

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nothing to say when we have a state that is

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being run by guys like Bruce King, Bill Richardson and

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they have obvious ties to Epstein. Don't you think this

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would garner the same kind of look that Acosta got

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And don't get it twisted. Acosta deserved everything he got.

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The dude is such a smarmy, spineless son of a bitch.

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Old boy. Deserved everything he got and more. But so

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do these people. And it doesn't sit well with me

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that there's not as big of a push here as

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there was with Acosta. Let's hold them all accountable. And

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for as much as I try here, folks, I do

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my best, my reach is only so much. You know,

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I have a relatively popular podcast on this subject, but

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it doesn't come nowhere near the reach of one of

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these outlets like New York Post or a Washington Post

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or New York Times or you name it. And plus

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they have the thing that really gets things going, and

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that's resources, But they have no desire to really expose

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what was going on in New Mexico. Why is that?

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Do these girls not matter? Does New Mexico not matter? Well,

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it matters to me, Epstein, who made millions managing a

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hedge fund. Didn't have the callus tans of a rancher,

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but longhorn cattle grazed on his property, accounting for most

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of the compound being taxed at a rate for agricultural uses.

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You really think Jeffrey Epstein was out there in a

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pair of ass list chaps milking cows in the morning.

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Absolutely not. Now. Me, on the other hand, that's my dream.

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I can't wait for my girlfriend and I and my

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family to be out of this rat race that is

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called the nonsense of the city. I'm buying a nice

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piece of land, hopefully in the next couple of years,

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and we're out of dodge folks. I've had enough. I've

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lived in the big city, in the inner city my

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whole entire life. I'm not somebody who's from the suburbs.

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I'm not somebody who's from some ritzy, glamorous part of

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the city. I grew up in East Las Vegas, and

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I've stayed in East Las Vegas. Could I live somewhere

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else right now? If I want, sure? I could, But

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why I'm comfortable here. I like my surroundings, and I

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like people who are real. I don't like yuppies, and

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I don't like fake and my abrasive personality, as you

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all know, isn't very welcomed in places like suburban coffee shops.

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This is why Brown's single home lot is valued at

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nearly twice the amount some seventy seven hundred acres that

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Epstein owned. By no standard was Epstein's property a typical ranch.

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It had an aircraft hanger and a landing strip. Butler's

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worked in the mansions, guesthouses dotted the grounds. There's also

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a huge ass radio tower on this property, and nobody

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knows what the hell that's for. Either a winner on

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Wall Street, Epstein had access to politicians who dwarfed King's stature.

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Epstein was friendly with two men who became president, Democrat

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Bill Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. But all politics is local.

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Epstein contributed cash to candidates seeking a variety of offices

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in New Mexico. And that's one thing I certainly learned

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as a political science major in college. I really learned

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that everything's affected from the local level. The federal level

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is a bunch of nonsense. Most of the time, these

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people get elected and then they go along with whatever

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the caucuses or whatever their speaker tells them to do.

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Local politics for me is where everything moves at. They

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have the control over my daily life, right They're the

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ones that are going to say I can do this,

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this or this. So for me, local politics rules the day.

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And if we can get a handle on our local

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politicians and elect good people, that's going to spread to

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the national level. But it all starts locally. And Epstein

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understood that. For as much as I say the guy's

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a moron, he understood how this works. And from a

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geopolitical perspective or a political strategy perspective, going for the

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local politicians is the way to do it. There's less scrutiny,

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there's less media attention, and they're the ones with their

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hands at the level, at the level I mean at

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the local level, so they can write laws that are

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beneficial to you, such as not having to register as

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a sex offender in their state. Democrat Bill Richardson, who

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gave who was governor from two thousand and three to

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twenty ten, received fifty thousand dollars in campaign contributions from Epstein.

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Richardson sent the money to charity after Epstein in two

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thousand and seven was ensnared in his first scandal, alleging

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sex crimes. Many other politicians disassociated from Epstein at that point.

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And do you think it was because they had to

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come to Jesus moment and they were like, oh, our

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relationship with Epstein was bad, we need to change this up.

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Or was it we need to create some space between

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us and do the five hundred meter run so that

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we don't get caught up in this. It was never

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about we're going to come forward and say, look, we

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know what went on here. We have some information we'd

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like to share. That's not how these people were. They

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don't have to be held accountable for their behavior. That's

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only for me and you. Police in Palm Beach, Florida

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and FBI agents investigated complaints that Epstein had recruited girls

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as young as thirteen to have sex with them in

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his waterfront mansion. The federal government declined to prosecute Epstein. Instead,

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he pleaded guilty to two state charges of soliciting prostitution,

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one for procuring a girl younger than eighteen. And if

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you were the district attorney of New Mexico Baldarus at

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the time, don't you think you would look at this

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case and really have your aids and everybody dive into

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it and see what kind of injustice happened in Florida,

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and say to your staff, that will not happen here.

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We will not let that happen here. I want a

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full on, parallel investigation. I don't trust the federal government

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to do their job correctly, so we're gonna do it

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for them. That's what I would have said, because my

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job as the DA is to protect mykencs, to protect

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the people of New Mexico. Let the federal government do

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what it will, but I'm gonna do what I want.

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And that didn't happen here. Epstein received a sentence of

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eighteen months in jail. It turned out to be much lighter.

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He was allowed to go to his office in Palm

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Beach on a work release program and to Judge freed

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Epstein after he served thirteen months. Now we know while

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he was going to his office, and while he was

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still out, he was still abusing girls, according to the

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Attorney General of the US Virgin Islands. So while the

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US government let him out, the DOJ and you know,

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their buddies over at the FBI, he was still abusing people.

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So how many times is the FBI, the DOJ going

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to be directly involved in enabling Jeffrey Epstein before people

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are willing to come out and call them out. Alex

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Acosta was the US attorney who declined to pursue federal

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charges against Epstein in Florida. Acosta went on to serve

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as Trump's Secretary of Labor from twenty and seventeen to

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twenty and nineteen. On becoming a cabinet secretary, Acosta would

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say the case against Epstein was not air tight. The

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Florida plea Bargain at least labeled Epstein as a sex offender.

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Acosta said, yeah, right, where maybe in Florida that's it.

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And Acosta, look, I think he's the biggest coward in

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this whole entire ordeal, But I'm not gonna let people

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set him up as the fall guy because that's where

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it ends. Then, right, we can't have that happen. This

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goes so much deeper, and there are so many people

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involved in this. Here's what I want you to ask yourself.

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Why isn't there as much of a buzz around Bill

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Richardson and George Mitchell being involved with Epstein To the

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levels that they were actually partaking in the abuse, according

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to the allegations. And then you look at Acosta, who

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was involved as well. But in setting up the a

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plea deal. Shouldn't people be outraged by all of it?

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But you have some folks who are only outraged by Acosta.

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All you hear is Acosta, this Acosta, that Acosta, this

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va fungoul Acosta. How about some of the other players,

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how about some of the people behind the scenes. How

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about some of the people who are still representing the

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United States of America, like Bill Richardson. Federal prosecutors last

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July brought a new round of sex trafficking charges against Epstein.

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They accused him of praying on teenage girls in Florida

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and New York. Epstein said all of his sexual encounters

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were consensual, and he believed that partners were at least eighteen.

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We know that's a lie from hindsight and from what

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happened in the trial, we know that's a lie. No

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jury heard the evidence. Epstein, sixty six, killed himself before

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the case could proceed. Allegedly, Epstein was never accused of

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committing crimes in New Mexico, but the allegations against him

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in the East, refocused attention on his ranch and what

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might have happened there. That's a lie. Girls have directly

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said they were abused at Zoro Ranch. What does that

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even mean? And the fact that nothing has happened there

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is just unbelievable to me. Martinez, the assessor, says, Epstein's

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money and influence didn't matter in New Mexico. Certain judgment

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calls had to be made regarding Epstein's property, but no

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public employee did anything wrong, Martinez said. Setting the value

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of Epstein's property was difficult from the start. The assessor added,

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there was not a house that big in the state

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of New Mexico. We had nothing to compare it to.

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The assessor said, just give me a break. Okay, please,

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this is called gaslighting. That's exactly what this is. Look, well,

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we don't want to be in the middle of all this,

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so you know, we'll just say this was a very

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difficult process to go through, and nobody was abused here.

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If nobody was abused by Jeffrey Epstein in New Mexico,

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then nine feet tall, I played basketball for the New

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York Knicks, and I have a bank account. As long

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as your leg at one point, Epstein protested the taxable

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value of his ranch and mansion as excessive. This lesson

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is tax burden. Martinez told of other factors that worked

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in favor of Epstein. His matching showed where such as

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cracking walls that dropped the value after the reduction. State

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law was an obstacle to raising Epstein's taxes even as

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real estate prices escalated. So who wrote those laws? Notice

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they don't go into that, right. I'm pretty sure guys

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like Bill Richardson and mister King were the ones who

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wrote these laws. Now did they write those laws for

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me or you? Or did they write them for people

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like Jeffrey Epstein. Unless a property has been upgraded or expanded,

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taxes can increase no more than three percent annually. We're

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doing work with our hands tied behind our back, Martinez said.

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To be sure, tax bills are insignificant compared to charges

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of a man praying on teenage girls. Epstein's suicide turned

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the case cold alleged suicide. His remains are in Florida

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in a Florida cemetery. Most of what happened in New

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Mexico is buried with him. First of all, this is

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not a cold case. Second of all, the idea of

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his shit being buried in New Mexico. Well, if that's

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the case, you folks can call me from here on

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out the human excavator, because I have had enough all

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of these mforts, Bill Richardson, George Mitchell, all of these

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politicians that the legacy media refuses to point out they

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need to be brought up and put on the carpet.

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And I can't shake what Nancy Pelosi's daughter told us.

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Some of our faves are gonna be caught up in this. Well,

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Miss Pelosi, where are you in making sure that your

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faves who have been caught up in this are held accountable?

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All right, folks, it's gonna do it for this one.

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