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.
The orangeboi cannot (currently, at least) issue pardons for state crimes and investigations, which this is.
This lawsuit will determine whether the federal government can simply stonewall a state government in a criminal investigation.
Spoiler alert (if somehow you’re just tuning in): the federal government can, has been, and will continue to do whatever they want.
Yes, and people should fight back in every way they can, which means that if you are a lawyer, you sue them.
Basically put in resistance at every step. Protests in the streets and lawsuits in the courts, and anything else you can come up with.