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Trueblue Texan

(4,310 posts)
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:05 PM 23 hrs ago

Now we know why New Mexico didn't properly investigate Zorro Ranch evidence.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2675298743/

They were apparently one of several law enforcement agencies instructed to stand down in the investigation.
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Now we know why New Mexico didn't properly investigate Zorro Ranch evidence. (Original Post) Trueblue Texan 23 hrs ago OP
It appears that the powers that be thought this entire pedophile ring UpInArms 23 hrs ago #1
How does one pedophile become so powerful? Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #2
Blackmail Wicked Blue 22 hrs ago #8
Had to be much more than that. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #13
Epstein wasn't the only blackmailer Wicked Blue 21 hrs ago #17
I think Putin, CIA, Mossad, MI6. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #19
Absolutely Wicked Blue 15 hrs ago #28
I'm also convinced it was more than the sex ring... Trueblue Texan 21 hrs ago #18
This is the ONLY explanation that makes any sense. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #20
Done. I think.nt Trueblue Texan 17 hrs ago #21
Excellent! Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #30
Absolutely! MuirHero 16 hrs ago #23
The FIRST Trump administration did the ordering. Kid Berwyn 23 hrs ago #3
THIS ... and certainly contributed to the fat asses KPN 22 hrs ago #10
To be clear, Epstein was charged just 2 days after his arrest in 2019, 3 days BEFORE any stand-down order Wiz Imp 4 hrs ago #32
It's so obvious. Baitball Blogger 23 hrs ago #4
If there are hidden graves at Aorro Ranch, John Farmer 23 hrs ago #5
So, where is this at? bluestarone 23 hrs ago #6
The state of New Mexico is investigating now. nt Trueblue Texan 16 hrs ago #22
That's good, i've heard nothing about actually out there investigating bluestarone 4 hrs ago #31
I heard here that the investigation was stalled. Qutzupalotl 4 hrs ago #33
Cover up of rape, murder, and kidnapping by Trump. Botany 22 hrs ago #7
Because he serves at Putin's pleasure Alice Kramden 22 hrs ago #9
Way bigger than Putin,it's global and it's the most powerful MerryBlooms 21 hrs ago #14
Is this the global Devil worshipping cult that QAnon was constantly squawking about? MuirHero 16 hrs ago #24
I think so too, but don't think it's a unitary conspiracy. Ilikepurple 16 hrs ago #27
Trump seems to be Netanyu's puppet womanofthehills 16 hrs ago #26
Why is he still... GiqueCee 22 hrs ago #11
Guessing part of the reason is that blackmail is still going on Attilatheblond 22 hrs ago #12
Of course, and explains Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, etc... MerryBlooms 21 hrs ago #15
Has Lindsey shown up to anything sober lately? Attilatheblond 16 hrs ago #25
The falling out between Trump and Epstein was probably due to trump MerryBlooms 21 hrs ago #16
The scary part. czarjak 13 hrs ago #29

UpInArms

(54,610 posts)
1. It appears that the powers that be thought this entire pedophile ring
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:11 PM
23 hrs ago

Would die with Epstein

Irish_Dem

(80,615 posts)
13. Had to be much more than that.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:24 PM
21 hrs ago

Last edited Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:19 PM - Edit history (1)

Extensive global sex ring involving the most powerful and rich men in the world.
If Epstein was black mailing them, they could have easy disposed of him sooner than they did.

He was untouchable even to them.

Wicked Blue

(8,793 posts)
17. Epstein wasn't the only blackmailer
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:47 PM
21 hrs ago

DJT might have been involved, Putin was involved, and who knows how many other powerful shady people in other countries were in on the blackmail.

Trueblue Texan

(4,310 posts)
18. I'm also convinced it was more than the sex ring...
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:48 PM
21 hrs ago

It was an international plot, stealing state secrets, blackmailing, manipulating markets, consolidating wealth, holding working families hostage to increase the wealth of an international oligarchy and concentrating power in the hands of a few very evil people. Accountability must be severe and guaranteed.

Irish_Dem

(80,615 posts)
20. This is the ONLY explanation that makes any sense.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:21 PM
17 hrs ago

There is no way this was just a sex ring.
No way.

You should take this comment TT and make it an OP.
You are spot on.

Kid Berwyn

(23,915 posts)
3. The FIRST Trump administration did the ordering.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:22 PM
23 hrs ago

From Raw Story:

A bombshell report revealed Monday that under the first Trump administration, the FBI appeared to have issued a “stand down” order to New York Police Department investigators regarding their criminal probe into Jeffrey Epstein, an order that came just five days after the disgraced financier’s arrest in 2019.

The existence of the supposed directive was revealed by law professor and legal scholar Ryan Goodman, who found it buried within the Justice Department's recent release of around 3.5 million files on Epstein.

“The directive applied to NYPD’s Special Victims Unit – the group specially trained and equipped to handle sex crimes and child abuse cases,” Goodman wrote in a report published Monday in Just Security, a non-partisan law and policy journal.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2675298743/

KPN

(17,263 posts)
10. THIS ... and certainly contributed to the fat asses
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 04:41 PM
22 hrs ago

determination to run again in 24. Actually, he kind of had to … or risk possibly being imprisoned for life.

Where the fuck was Garland? And Wray?! Oh yeah, Garland was an appeasement choice (i.e, right of center) for SCOTUS that McAsshole torpedoed and Biden appointed to show them!; and Wray was appointed by the fat-ass himself — another semi-appeasement in itself by demonstrably playing by the rules when the other side had thrown the rules out!

Admittedly subjective and partly unfair on my part — but in the end, that’s exactly how it kinda turned out and partly why we’re in this god/damned clusterfuck! It pretty darned frustrating and really really sucks!

Wiz Imp

(9,572 posts)
32. To be clear, Epstein was charged just 2 days after his arrest in 2019, 3 days BEFORE any stand-down order
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:30 AM
4 hrs ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
On July 8, prosecutors with the Public Corruption Unit of the Southern District of New York under Geoffrey Berman charged him with sex trafficking and conspiracy to traffic minors for sex. The grand jury indictment alleges that "dozens" of underage girls were brought into Epstein's mansions for sexual encounters. Judge Kenneth Marra was to decide whether the non-prosecution agreement that protected Epstein from the more serious charges should still stand.

Epstein requested to be released on bond, offering to post $100 million with the condition that he would also submit to house arrest in his New York City mansion. U.S. district judge Richard M. Berman denied the request on July 18, saying that Epstein posed a danger to the public and a serious flight risk to avoid prosecution. On August 29, 2019, 19 days after Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, the case against Epstein was closed by Judge Berman. Prosecutors stated they would continue an investigation for potential co-conspirators.


Immediately upon Epstein's arrest:
Investigators seized Epstein's devices at his homes in New York, Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands. They found CDs, photographs and a videotape containing nude images of females, some who "seemed as if they might be minors".

According to a memo published 4 days after his arrest, the search of his New York townhouse turned up evidence of sex trafficking and "hundreds—and perhaps thousands—of sexually suggestive photographs of fully—or partially—nude females." In a locked safe, discs were found with labels: "Young [Name] + [Name]", "Misc nudes 1", and "Girl pics nude". USA Today noted that although investigators were still reviewing the material, one attorney said that his client was underage when some photos were taken.

FBI investigators later determined that one device contained between 15 and 20 images depicting child sexual abuse material (CSAM), but that the material had been downloaded from the internet, and not produced by Epstein himself. According to a memo later sent to the FBI by U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey, "No videos or photos showed Epstein victims being sexually abused, none showed any males with any of the nude females, and none contained evidence implicating anyone other than Epstein and Maxwell". Comey stated they “would have pursued any leads" generated but “we did not, however, locate any such videos".

Also found in the safe were $70,000 in cash, 48 diamonds, and a fraudulent Austrian passport, which expired in 1987, that had Epstein's photo but another name. The passport had numerous entrance and exit stamps, including entrance stamps that showed the use of the passport to enter France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. The passport showed his place of residence as Saudi Arabia. According to his attorneys, Epstein had been advised to acquire the passport because "as an affluent member of the Jewish faith", he was in danger of being kidnapped while traveling abroad.

Baitball Blogger

(52,009 posts)
4. It's so obvious.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:27 PM
23 hrs ago

ANY TIME an intelligence agency in the US decides to stand down in an investigation, it should call for an investigation.

John Farmer

(390 posts)
5. If there are hidden graves at Aorro Ranch,
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:53 PM
23 hrs ago

They may well be hidden from the current owner.


The tech to examine the entire property for recent graves remains to be employed.

bluestarone

(21,852 posts)
6. So, where is this at?
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:59 PM
23 hrs ago

Anybody doing any investigating anywhere on that ranch? Not hearing anything.

bluestarone

(21,852 posts)
31. That's good, i've heard nothing about actually out there investigating
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:01 AM
4 hrs ago

Have they gone out there, or they just still discussing going out there?

Qutzupalotl

(15,763 posts)
33. I heard here that the investigation was stalled.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:01 AM
4 hrs ago

The new owner, who is a Trumper, suddenly wants to do “construction.” Right after the investigation was announced, how convenient.

It would probably take a court order to halt that and allow investigation, but I'm not sure even that would work.

It doesn't help that the late former Gov. Richardson is named in the files.

Ilikepurple

(535 posts)
27. I think so too, but don't think it's a unitary conspiracy.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:56 PM
16 hrs ago

I think Epstein was just at the crossroads of many of the world’s nefarious doings whether political, financial, sexual, or military. Maybe too much for any country to want to open the can and let the worms fall out. I think if Putin had that kind of power over other leaders, he would have made more headway in the last 10 years. I’ll just say I don’t think it’s more than one conspiracy, but not the type where everybody’s on the same page except wanting to suppress or minimize evidence. Of course this is just me placing some narrative on what little I know to try to make sense out of it. I’ll be glad to modify my thoughts if more information ever gets out.

womanofthehills

(10,845 posts)
26. Trump seems to be Netanyu's puppet
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:43 PM
16 hrs ago

Most all Americans are against war with Iran but Trump doing what Netanyu wants. It must be some horrific stuff Epstein gave Israel.

In the Epstein files, Jeffry and Bannon are talking about Trump being a super borderline. Even the psychopaths calling out Trump for a personality disorder plus saying if he became president, the 25th amendment should be used. But the were all into money laundering around the whole world.

GiqueCee

(3,752 posts)
11. Why is he still...
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 04:43 PM
22 hrs ago

... stumbling around loose and not busy smearing feces all over his 8 x 10 cell?

Attilatheblond

(8,596 posts)
12. Guessing part of the reason is that blackmail is still going on
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 04:47 PM
22 hrs ago

GOP pols who went to Russia were idiots beyond compare.

Attilatheblond

(8,596 posts)
25. Has Lindsey shown up to anything sober lately?
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:38 PM
16 hrs ago

Every time he shows up in a news clip, he is extremely cranky and looks 3 sheets to the wind, as my mom used to say. That boy ain't been OK since those files started trickling out.

MerryBlooms

(12,207 posts)
16. The falling out between Trump and Epstein was probably due to trump
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:39 PM
21 hrs ago

Skimming money, or scamming people and taking money he wasn't sharing with the epstein enterprise. Trump tried to spin it to his advantage, any way possible. Trump was a partner, maybe not originally, but I believe, for some years.

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