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Uncle Joe

(65,953 posts)
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 02:18 PM 5 hrs ago

Why didn't the feds search Epstein's Zorro Ranch? Former AG speaks out



Former New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas says his 2019 investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s activities at Zorro Ranch was abruptly halted after federal officials asked him to pause so they could take the lead. Balderas agreed, expecting coordination, but records show the FBI never searched the New Mexico property and federal prosecutors later abandoned the case without notifying him.

Emails reveal internal FBI concerns about the lack of a search, yet federal authorities claimed they lacked probable cause. Balderas found this “alarming,” saying his office could have helped secure a warrant and offered repeated assistance — but never heard back. He believes key evidence may have been lost and describes the experience as “early signs of a cover-up.” Years later, New Mexico’s current attorney general still has not received unredacted DOJ files on Zorro Ranch.
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Why didn't the feds search Epstein's Zorro Ranch? Former AG speaks out (Original Post) Uncle Joe 5 hrs ago OP
The FBI/DOJ are pedo protectors, so long as the pedos are rich and politically connected. RockRaven 5 hrs ago #1
He was trafficking across international lines...every home and business is a simple warrant JT45242 4 hrs ago #2
BUT, BUT, BUT... GiqueCee 3 hrs ago #3
A Great Piece of Writing, GiqueCee! panfluteman 3 hrs ago #4
Balderas said Maureen Comey called and told him to stop investigating Ponietz 2 hrs ago #5
COVER UP. Come on MSM, FCS Evolve Dammit 2 hrs ago #6

RockRaven

(20,016 posts)
1. The FBI/DOJ are pedo protectors, so long as the pedos are rich and politically connected.
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 02:33 PM
5 hrs ago

All of the cheerleaders of those two institutions make me sick. They are corrupt and abusive of their power, and have been throughout their histories.

JT45242

(4,220 posts)
2. He was trafficking across international lines...every home and business is a simple warrant
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 03:16 PM
4 hrs ago

No excuse stands up.

Anyplace that Epstein lived or did business could have held video footage of underage girls.

Just on the child pornography basis alone every known place he owned would have been approved.

GiqueCee

(5,009 posts)
3. BUT, BUT, BUT...
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 04:16 PM
3 hrs ago

... HILLARY'S EMAILS!

As we wade through the fetid swamp that is Trump's fevered mind, it is impossible to ignore the poisonous evil that surrounds anything and everything even tangentially associated with this repulsive pig of a man.
But tired, shopworn nonissues (like Hillary's emails) that Trump and his malignant minions persist in throwing in everyone's faces whenever they're caught redhanded doing the only things they know how to do, which are lying, cheating, stealing, and occasionally killing, are no longer having the effect these shitbirds are hoping for. Anyone with the reasoning power of a potted plant can instantly see though their bullshit, and they're fucking sick of it.
We've only seen the tip of a very ugly iceberg as far as Trump's association with Epstein is concerned, and the fallout, once all is revealed, is going to taint a LOT of people, and they'll deserve the consequences. Oh, but Donnie, baby, you're in for a beating the likes of which no one has ever seen before, to paraphrase your own gaslighting. And no one is gonna want your foul name on ANYTHING ever again. I, for one, hope I never have to even hear it vomited forth ever again.
America will survive, however diminished because of this short-fingered vulgarian and his oily sycophants, but any that enabled him will soon know the pain of being shunned and ostracized for the rest of their rotten lives because of that incredibly poor judgement.
You broke it; you own it, assholes.

panfluteman

(2,196 posts)
4. A Great Piece of Writing, GiqueCee!
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 04:46 PM
3 hrs ago

Truly inspired - I couldn't have said it any better myself. Heck - when I lived in Albuquerque, I knew where the Zorro Rannch was - don't know why I didn't drive out there myself to take a gander at it...

Ponietz

(4,577 posts)
5. Balderas said Maureen Comey called and told him to stop investigating
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 04:59 PM
2 hrs ago

I’ve got questions.
Pro tip: get it in writing when dealing with ANY Comeys.

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