Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
Epstein Chronicles. When Jeffrey Epstein was first arrested in twenty nineteen,
one of the most shocking bits of information to come
out of that arrest was that Zoro Ranch was never rated,
And while people like us were demanding answers as to
why Zoro Ranch was never rated, the legacy media was
way too busy calling people conspiracy theorists to really dive
into what was going on in New Mexico. And one
of the main reasons for that is that Jeffrey Epstein
was very well connected inside of the state and that
protection went all the way up to the governor's house.
And we're not talking about pickyune little allegations here. We're
talking about serious allegations. We're talking about Virginia Roberts saying
that Bill Richardson, who was the governor of the state,
rapedor But the legacy media they couldn't be bothered by
that at the time because it would have provided a
unition to the other side. So instead of doing the
right thing and exposing this for what it was, they
hardly ever talked about it. They didn't talk about the
King family, They didn't talk about the relationships that Jeffrey
Epstein built in the state of New Mexico and how
that led directly to Jeffrey Epstein being able to get
away with what he got away with. And there still
has not been any kind of reckoning. And that's why
when Biden had Bill Richardson working with him to get
Britney Griner home from Russia, I called that a bad
idea as well, like, what are we doing right now?
What kind of message are we trying to send to people?
And what I find really gross is that this same
legacy media who largely ignored Virginia when she was alive,
all of a sudden they believe everything she said. Now,
if they would have had that same approach back in
twenty nineteen, things would have been a lot different. But instead,
the legacy media chose to continue to protect the powerful
and ignore the disgusting truth that was staring them directly
in the face. Well, now the state of New Mexico
has a new investigation that they kicked off, and they're
starting to ask questions about Epstein's links to the powerful
people within the state, and not only that, but who
protected him, who was taking his money, who was visiting
with him, who was spending time with him. All of
that has to be looked at, and hopefully that's what
this investigation is going to do. Today's article is from
Reuter's and the headline as New Mexico investigates questions are
raised about Epstein's links to the powerful. This article was
authored by Andrew Hay As police for the first time
search Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch for evidence of any
abuse he may have committed at the Old West theme
tied away, attention has focused on the powerful former politicians
in the state who continued to meet and receive campaign
donations from Epstein long after he became a registered sex offender. Yeo,
I'm old enough to remember a time in this country
when that alone would have had you looking for a
new gig. You certainly would have been in public office,
that's for damn sure. But I guess in this quote
unquote new and improved country we live in, it's all good.
And unfortunately that's what happens when cult of personality becomes
more important than protecting the most vulnerable. Epstein's relationship with
the state Democratic Party leaders, uh oh, people aren't going
to want to hear this, but I've been telling you,
including two former governors and a state attorney general, and
the institutional failings that may have allowed the convicted sex
offender to perpetrate abuse at the ranch or under investigation
by a New Mexico state truth Commission, the first of
its kind in the country, and I hope it's not
the last, because we can't rely on the federal government
to do the right thing here. I think that's relatively
obvious to anyone paying attention at this point, and I
think anybody that's relying on the federal government to step
in and give us the information needed is kidding themselves.
And so I hope that more states take a proactive
approach and look into these matters for themselves, and if
any crimes were committed at the state level, those crimes
should be prosecuted. Right Zoro Ranch, where Epstein spent about
two months a year, was alleged to be a hub
and his sex trafficking of children that stretch between the
US Virgin Islands, New York, and Florida. According to a
twenty twenty letter from the New Mexico Attorney General's office
and numerous documents, among the millions recently released by the
US Department of Justice. Notice how they don't talk about France,
or the UK or these other countries Epstein was operating in.
It wasn't just America. This was an international trafficking operation.
I'll take it a step further, not just trafficking, but
a transnational criminal organization in general, whether it's money laundering,
wire fraud, human trafficking, or hell drugs. As we've seen,
Jeffrey Epstein had his disgusting hands in plenty of pies.
So let's not be naive and think there's any crimes
at this comebag wasn't interested in committing. Epstein spent relatively
little to establish himself as a major funding force in
democratic run New Mexico. He donated just over one hundred
and sixty thousand dollars across five races between two thousand
and two and twenty fourteen, according to interviews and a
review of campaign finance records. He was often the biggest
outside donor to campaigns, including after his first sex offender
conviction in two thousand and eight. This is not new information.
This is exactly what we've been telling you for years,
and they ignored it. They called does conspiracy theorists. They
said that we were right wingers all because we were
exposing what was going on in New Mexico. And I
remember when this was all cracking off, people on the
left were like, come on, you're unfairly targeting Bill Richardson.
This is all about, you know, moving the narrative, this
is about blaming the Democrats. But really it was just
about following the evidence. And now the same is true
about what's going on currently. I'm just following the evidence
wherever it takes me. And if that leads to your
favorite politician, that sounds like a you and your favorite
politician problem, not a me problem. But the legacy media
they refused to report on it. They had much better
things to do, folks, much better things like to divide
the populace. Reuters did not find any evidence that Epstein
received anything in return for his donations. Oh, nothing in return. Nothing,
because we all know that's how Epstein operated, right, A
guy that you know was just altruistic, like I always say,
didn't want anything in return. He was just doing it
because you know, that's how he rolls. Epstein ties with
the late former Governor Bill Richardson have been well reported.
The state's former top law enforcement agent, Gary King, also
had contact with Epstein after he was convicted of felony
sex crimes, including meeting him in twenty ten. Epstein donated
to dozens of US politicians, but nearly all of them
cut ties with them after the Florida conviction. Well, not
the people in New Mexico and not Stacy Plaskett. And
that's the uncomfortable truth that these Democratic lawmakers in Congress
have to grapple with. It wasn't just the other side
of the aisle. And this is the point that people
who really know this story have been trying to make
for half a decade now, little more than half a decade,
and it's fallen on deaf hears. But now that Reuters
is reporting it, maybe people will listen once you know
what's happened. Tontinue to take campaign contributions is reprehensible. US
Congresswoman Theresa Legger Fernandez said on the sidelines of a
March at Zora Ranch protest when asked about the relationship
between Epstein and Richardson and King. King's campaign returned to
the donation in twenty fourteen. Not one comment yet or
one statement about the allegations made against Bill Richardson by
Virginia Roberts. So if you're going to report what you
saw in the Epstein files about Donald Trump, then you
most certainly have to report what has been said about
Bill Richardson. And also George Mitchell. Let's not forget him.
So as you can see, folks, this is a gigantic
shit sandwich, and we're all taken a bite. It doesn't
matter what side of the isle you're on. King's campaign
returned to donation in twenty fourteen. Leger Fernandez, who represents
the High Plains area thirty miles south of this capitalist
Santa Fe, is among those questioning why federal, state, and
local law enforcement never investigated complaints of sexual abuse at
the ranch, and why federal authorities told state investigators to
drop a child sex trafficking probe in twenty nineteen but
never searched or seize the ranch before it's twenty twenty three. Sell, Well,
you'll say it's a coincidence, and I'll say it's by design.
They didn't want that place rated. They didn't want all
these ties to all these local politicians in New Mexico
to be revealed, so they had to protect them, right,
got to make sure you protect the political class. Who
cares if girls were raped? Who cares if people were harmed?
Not our business. We're just law enforcement. King seventy one
said he never visited Epstein's ranch and never asked the
late finance here for campaign donations. After his Florida conviction,
I personally told mister Epstein that the campaign would not
accept contributions from him as a result of his admitted
criminal activity. King, new Mexico's attorney general from two thousand
and seven to twenty fifteen, said in a statement in
a response to Reuter's questions about campaign letters seeking donations
from Epstein included in the DJ files, King said he
had no knowledge that the letters were sent to Epstein,
and they appeared to be pro forma mailings to past donors.
Always an excuse. Right can never own up to it.
And that's one of the things that I find so
disgusting about the whole thing. These people have lied for
years about what happened about their relationships, and now that
they're being outed, they continue to double down on those lies.
I mean, traditionally speaking, when you find yourself in a hole,
you usually want to stop digging right, But I guess
you'd have to feel some shame for that, and these people,
they don't feel any shame whatsoever, And the only regret
they feel is the regret for being outed as someone
hanging out with Epstein. In nineteen ninety three, Epstein bought
seventy five hundred acres of land from three times New
Mexico Governor Bruce King and other members of his powerful
New Mexico political family. According to county records, Gary King,
who is Bruce King's son, was one of the parties
to the sale. In his statement to Reuters, the younger
King said that Epstein paid around three point seventy five
million for the land, a fair market value at the
time based on New Mexico University research. Bruce King died
in two thousand and nine. Epstein proceeded to build what
became known locally as the Victoria's Secret Ranch for the
lingerie models rumored to go there. Three local people told Reuters, Yo,
why didn't Reuters go there back into twenty nineteen twenty
twenty like I did all these years later? Now you're
trying to hold people accountable when evidence is gone, memories
are forgotten, people have died, but sure welcome to the party.
Pal a master networker, Epstein invited scientists, politicians, billionaires, and
Hollywood celebrities to the Ranch, where some commented on the
girls emails in the Epstein File show. In two thousand
and six, Epstein donated fifteen thousand dollars to the campaign
of Gary King. King told Reuters he did not return
the money, as in two thousand and six he was
not aware of any reports of wrongdoing by Epstein. No,
none at all, no reports whatsoever. Nobody had any idea.
What are you crazy? He wouldcall, meeting Epstein only once
in twenty ten at Santa Fe restaurant Jinja, where they
drank tea and Epstein expressed his condolences. After King's father died,
a two thousand and nine email to Epstein said al
Zoro Ranch staff would attend Bruce King's funeral service. King,
who trained as a chemist, said at their meeting they
briefly discussed Epstein's interaction with the Santa Fe Institute, an
influential scientific foundation, and who the hell knows what they're
up to. They wanted nothing to do with your boy.
I got thrown off that campus so fast when I
was there. It wasn't even funny. It was like they
knew I was coming, which they probably did, considering I
went to Epstein's ranch first, so they probably were aware
that I was in town and I was coming, and
when I showed up, they were right there to fucking
toss me. Nobody wanted to talk, not one single word.
When King ran for governor in twenty fourteen, Epstein donated
thirty five thousand, six hundred dollars to the campaign, the
largest outside donation. Record show. King returned the twenty fourteen
funds to Ebstein's companies three days after they were reported
in the press on September ninth of that year. Record
show around the same time, Epstein arranged to September eighth
jet charter for King to attend to campaign breakfast in Washington,
According to emails in the DOJ Epstein files, King's campaign
paid for the flight, according to state records. OH, I
have questions about that. What we see on paper and
what officially occurred two very different things. Just keep that
in mind. If I had known of mister Epstein's involvement
at the time, I would have asked my staff to
use another charter company to conduct the flight, said King,
who's retired from politics and now the president of a
charity called get this New Mexico Children's Foundation. All these
people are degenerates. This guy was living off of Jeffrey
Epstein's large esse and now he's running a New Mexico
children's foundation. Boy, they love to just throw it right
in your face, don't they. The New Mexico Department of
Justice declined to comment. A document in the Epstein files
shows FBI agents visited the New Mexico ranch in February
two thousand and seven, when King was in charge of
New Mexico Law Enforce Horseman, and questioned manager Bryce Gordon
about Messus's Epstein flew in or hired locally. Reuters was
not able to contact Gordon. King said the US Justice
Department never informed his office of any investigation involving Epstein
or his associates. Well, that's because it was killed by
Philippe and Mukaesy, not alex Acosta. Do you think alex
Acosta has the ability to kill the investigation all the
way in New Mexico or do you think that came
from Maine Justice. Reuters found no evidence King had knowledge
of a federal probe into Epstein at that time. Santa
Fe Police Deputy Chief Ben Valdez said in a statement
his department had no record of any report concerning Epstein.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, in whose jurisdiction the
ranch is located, said it was looking into any allegations
it may have received regarding Epstein. New Mexico State Police
did not respond to a request for comment. New Mexico
Attorney General Raul Torres reopened the state's Epstein investigation in February.
The US Department of Justice and FBI declined to comment. Well,
of course they did. They're having their work checked right now, right,
that's what's going on. The state doesn't trust the federal government,
so they have their own investigation that's cracking off. Is
it going to lead anywhere? I don't know. But much
more confident in them actually investigating things here than I
am with the DOJ, because the DOJ has shown us
and told us they have no desire here. There's no
more investigation to be had, and you should move on.
But thankfully, the people in New Mexico don't seem to
be ready to move on, And I don't think you
folks are either, so, like usual, we'll keep the flags
of discontent waving as we continue our journey through the
muck looking for that clarity. All the information that goes
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