How New Mexico is Leading the Fight for Justice on the Epstein Files
Rep. Melanie Stansbury breaks down why Trump is a “person of interest” to the House Oversight Committee and how New Mexico state lawmakers are taking the investigation into their own hands
As we close out another chaotic week in America where the President and his administration ramped up their $1 billion-a-day war with Iran, along with a barrage of disinformation and contradicting reasons for how and why we have entered this war of choice, I want to keep at least some of our collective attention focused on the story that millions of Americans understand is the likeliest reason Trump started the war in the first place: the Epstein Files.
This week, for our weekly podcast and YouTube series Gloves Off (this newsletter’s new namesake!), I was fortunate to sit down with Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, a leading voice on the House Oversight Committee and one of the fiercest, clearest truth-tellers in Congress demanding justice for the victims and survivors from the Epstein scandal and the systemic cover-ups that have protected powerful men for decades. She talks candidly about what it was like to depose former President Bill Clinton, why Donald Trump is now a person of interest, and how a new “Epstein Truth Commission” in New Mexico is poised to turn files into trials.
Watch the full episode below:
We covered a lot of ground: Congresswoman Stansbury details how Donald Trump is a “person of interest” in the Epstein files with at least two to three separate allegations against him, and explains that his administration is actively breaking the transparency law he signed himself. She also discloses that the DOJ redacted some perpetrators like foreign leaders and Trump allies accused of rape, while exposing survivors’ names, photos, and addresses, calling it either gross incompetence or intentional intimidation.
We also spoke about how New Mexico’s legislature unanimously launched an “Epstein Truth Commission” with subpoena power to investigate Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, the first reported abuse site to the FBI in the 1990s that was never searched by feds, despite raiding other properties. Stansbury is pushing states like New York and Florida to follow suit.
I hope you, like me, come away from this conversation with more clarity about how deep this cover-up runs. The only way this ends in real accountability is if we refuse to look away, keep the pressure on our elected officials, and help leaders like Stansbury fight for justice.
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