In 2021, Annie Farmer testified against Maxwell during her trial and detailed the 1996 trip to Epstein’s sprawling Zorro Ranch in New Mexico, where she was abused.
Why did it take 30 years for them to investigate?
In 2008, Epstein was finally convicted and given a sweetheart deal by Trump’s former Secretary of Labor, Alex Acosta. That took place in Florida. But New Mexico was the original site of the terror. For 12 years, authorities did nothing, even as the Farmer sisters bravely risked their own safety to warn the world about Epstein, Maxwell, and their cabal of pedophiles.
Author, journalist, and New Mexico resident Alisa-Valdez Rodriguez wants answers. She is a one-woman machine, doing the work of the New York Times and the Washington Post, combined. She relentlessly digs, follows up, connects the dots, and publishes her findings on her indispensable Substack, Alisa Writes.
Her conclusion? “It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it,” she told me, referencing Carlin’s quote. Her research has revealed The Epstein Class, a transnational, criminal ring of sociopathic pedophiles who either enabled or participated in the sexual assault and ongoing grift. There are both Republicans and Democrats, elected officials and lobbyists, scientists and billionaires, intelligence agencies, both domestic and foreign, who voluntarily turned a blind eye to Epstein’s pedophile empire.
If we want to hold the Epstein class accountable, we must look into what he was doing in New Mexico. Thankfully, Alisa is doing the Lord’s work, and she joins The Left Hook to give us answers.
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