Filing by attorney general Raúl Torrez comes after DoJ appears to have ignored deadline for key Epstein ranch files

Filing by attorney general Raúl Torrez comes after DoJ appears to have ignored deadline for key Epstein ranch files

New Mexico filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice and acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, on Wednesday for “stonewalling” its criminal investigation into the activities of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at a remote ranch in the state.

Raúl Torrez, the New Mexico attorney general, had said he was mulling the possibility of legal action if the justice department did not share with him by 31 July information about the alleged historical abuse of girls and young women at Epstein’s Zorro ranch about 30 miles south of Santa Fe.

Wednesday’s filing, seen by the Guardian, delivers on that threat after the justice department appeared to ignore last Friday’s deadline.

  • Mirshe@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    While this is true, the FBI and the DoJ have the power to quite literally just go “make me” when ordered to produce evidence or cooperate. This administration has a very fun habit of simply ignoring anything they don’t like, and I expect that even a federal court order, even one from the Supreme Court if it comes to that, will not get them to do a damn thing.