Jeffrey Epstein

Newsweek - President Donald Trump's Justice Department (DOJ) told officials in New Mexico to halt a 2019 investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s former ranch, a senior Republican lawmaker said this week, raising fresh questions as the site is searched again.

Allegations tied to Epstein’s New Mexico property have lingered for years without a full public accounting.

A recent search by local authorities and political scrutiny have reopened questions about why earlier inquiries were stopped and what that meant for survivors.

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, said federal officials under Trump asked New Mexico authorities to stand down from a 2019 probe into a ranch once owned by Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in federal custody that year.