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New Mexico sues DOJ over Epstein files and releases “truth commission” report ⁠47%

By Troy Farah⁠83%

8/5/2026, 2:28:02 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Quote-first Misdirection, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 42% saturation with 169 hits. Analysis detected 795 faulty-reasoning hits from 402 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 40.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠47% (16,116 of 30,190 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 53.40% of the article peer group.

While Jeffrey Epstein ’s island or his various mansions get a lot of attention, the late sex offender and financier’s New Mexico Zorro Ranch was also allegedly the site of extensive abuse and criminal activity. 
Now, in a lawsuit filed Wednesday , the Department of Justice and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche , are accused of “stonewalling” New Mexico’s criminal investigation of Epstein’s activities at the ranch outside of Santa Fe. 
New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez, who is behind the lawsuit, argues that the DOJ unlawfully withheld records, therefore delaying justice for victims. 
The lawsuit accuses Blanche and the DOJ of perpetuating “that disgrace” of failing to investigate or hold Epstein accountable before his death. 
The suit requests the court to order the DOJ to provide the requested unredacted records. 
Deepak Chopra, Jeffrey Epstein and those “cute girls” emails 
“USDOJ and Acting Attorney General Blanche are refusing to facilitate the investigation of state law crimes by hiding information about Epstein and his co-conspirators from Attorney General Torrez and state law enforcement, when New Mexico is one of few jurisdictions that still may have an opportunity to hold Epstein’s associates accountable or otherwise provide some sense of justice to survivors,” the lawsuit reads. 
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Meanwhile, New Mexico’s legislative “truth commission” released its first report on Zorro Ranch Wednesday, but the 119-page document offers little in the way of new revelations or recommendations. 
It draws heavily on news reports and what has so far been released from the Epstein files, but does underscore numerous hurdles the investigation has faced. 
“Those in law enforcement most responsible for protecting New Mexicans from Epstein played a passive role in investigating him, letting others in Miami and in New York do it. 
As a result, the conduct of Epstein and his co-conspirators in New Mexico went unexamined and unpunished,” the authors conclude. 
“Going forward, this commission endeavors to uncover the truth so many for too long were blind to.” 
about the Epstein files 
Ghislaine Maxwell and Kristi Noem knew what they were doing 
Melania Trump’s Epstein announcement deepens a year of confusion 
Justice in fragments: Epstein’s shredded records resurface 
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402 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker5.7%attributed speech379writer words
Selected voice

Raúl Torrez

100%flagged-word coverage
23 attributed words100% of attributed speech87% writer coverage
0%17.5%35.0%Unattributed Quote-33.8 ptsWriter: 33.8%Raúl Torrez: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-24.3 ptsWriter: 24.3%Raúl Torrez: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-5.8 ptsWriter: 5.8%Raúl Torrez: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -4.7 ptsWriter: 4.7%Raúl Torrez: 0.0%0.0%

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