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by Joe Sommerlad , The Independent
A businessman running to be Texas comptroller has been revealed as the person who bought Jeffrey Epsteins infamous New Mexico ranch, according to a report.
Don Huffines, 67, a self-described MAGA Trump Republican, is the current owner of the former Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County, according to records obtained by The Santa Fe New Mexican.
The property including a 26,700 square foot hilltop mansion, where the late billionaire sex offender abused victims over a 26-year period was first put up for sale in July 2021, two years after Epsteins suicide in a New York City jail cell, and was valued at $27.5 million at that time.
It was sold in 2023 for an undisclosed amount to an entity called San Rafael Ranch LLC, which the newspaper has now traced to Huffines through public records requests.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-candidate-in-texas-identified-as-owner-of-jeffrey-epstein-ranch/ar-AA1WsCsF
Jilly_in_VA
(14,149 posts)what's he doing there?
lapfog_1
(31,817 posts)and hoping that someday people will forget about Epstein and he can turn a small profit on the ranch.
( it was reported that he paid waaay under the asking price due to the "notoriety" of the property ).
It should have been seized ( along with Little Saint James, the Palm Beach estate, the NY mansion ) and combed over for evidence and then given to the victims of his pedophile sex trafficking to give them some justice. I can imagine them wanting to burn down the places where they were abused.
Jilly_in_VA
(14,149 posts)He can't erase it all no matter how hard he tries! And the government will change and can still seize it.
leftstreet
(39,663 posts)Russell Huffines
White House Office of Cabinet Affairs (June 2025-), Associate Director of Agency Outreach