Suspicious ties between Epstein and a political elite in New Mexico raise questions.

Open case.

“Attention is currently focused on former influential American politicians in New Mexico who continued meeting the American Jewish billionaire Jeffrey Epstein and received campaign donations from him for a long time, even after he became a convicted criminal in sexual cases, according to a Reuters report”

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The current New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez reopened the state's investigation into Epstein in February 2026, while the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI declined to comment, in a move that confirms ongoing scrutiny of Epstein's file and exposure of his connections and potential influence on former politicians in the state, according to Reuters.

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Epstein was suspended from work by U.S. authorities in 2005 on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor under 14 and 'procuring the services' of dozens of minors at his Florida home.

Since 2008, Epstein has been listed at Level 3 on the New York sex offender registry, a permanent category indicating a high likelihood of reoffending.

Despite his conviction, he retained his properties and financial assets.

Epstein's case resurfaced after a Miami Herald article indicated about 80 potential survivors of sexual assaults by Epstein or his associates.

The investigation into his case led federal prosecutors to reopen the file, monitor it, and discovered that he ran a sex-trafficking network; he was arrested at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on July 6, 2019.

On the morning of August 10, 2019, Epstein was found dead in his cell from a neck injury; due to the expansion of the sex trafficking network and its reach to prominent individuals, some believed he was killed to cover up those involved, but the police later announced that he hanged himself.