New Mexico’s attorney general and the Justice Department are clashing over a request for records related to the state’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged crimes at Zorro Ranch, the convicted sex offender’s former property in Santa Fe County.
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New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez (D) wrote to the Justice Department on Tuesday that more than 130 days had elapsed since the request, demanding that the unredacted records be provided by July 31. He said the Justice Department’s Southern District of New York office informed him that “they will NOT cooperate.”
Acting attorney general Todd Blanche said during his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that his office is “continuing to work with” state authorities on the request.
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Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York seeking to be the next director of national intelligence, also said his team is working on it. In his confirmation hearing, also on Wednesday, Clayton pointed out that the unredacted documents “are subject to several protections for those redactions, including a protective order of the court.”
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