A legislative panel investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s activities in New Mexico announced Monday that it has issued subpoenas to 14 organizations as part of its probe into the late convicted sex offender.
The New Mexico Truth Commission, meeting for the second time since its creation in February, requested evidence from various entities including federal law enforcement, the state governor’s office, and a scientific institute located in Santa Fe.
During Monday’s session, the commission received testimony from Rachel Benavidez, who says she survived sexual abuse at Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico. Family members of the late Virginia Giuffre, another survivor, also provided testimony.
The commission was formed after the Justice Department released millions of documents related to Epstein that revealed new details about what occurred at his New Mexico property.
State Representative Andrea Reeb, who serves on the bipartisan panel, explained that investigators plan to examine how state and federal agencies handled the Epstein matter before issuing subpoenas to specific individuals.
“Let’s say, for example, we decide to pull in the former attorney general, we need to have that information of what their office has in order to properly question them,” Reeb explained to reporters following the meeting.
The organizations receiving subpoenas include Deutsche Bank, the FBI, the New Mexico Department of Justice, the New Mexico State Land Commission, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, and the Santa Fe Institute, a scientific foundation in the state capital, according to New Mexico Representative Andrea Romero, who chairs the commission.
