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allegorical oracle

(6,367 posts)
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 10:48 AM 8 hrs ago

Texas MAGAt now seeking office purchased Epstein's New Mexico ranch in 2023

by Joe Sommerlad , The Independent

A businessman running to be Texas comptroller has been revealed as the person who bought Jeffrey Epstein’s 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 Epstein’s 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

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Texas MAGAt now seeking office purchased Epstein's New Mexico ranch in 2023 (Original Post) allegorical oracle 8 hrs ago OP
Which makes me wonder Jilly_in_VA 8 hrs ago #1
making sure that there is no evidence that links Epstein to his "chosen one" lapfog_1 7 hrs ago #2
It's a big place Jilly_in_VA 7 hrs ago #4
His son already works in the WH for Trump leftstreet 7 hrs ago #3
Love Agency Outreach...we couldn't live without it. WTF does it do? nt allegorical oracle 7 hrs ago #5
LOL exactly n/t leftstreet 7 hrs ago #6

lapfog_1

(31,817 posts)
2. making sure that there is no evidence that links Epstein to his "chosen one"
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:06 AM
7 hrs ago

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)
4. It's a big place
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:15 AM
7 hrs ago

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)
3. His son already works in the WH for Trump
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:14 AM
7 hrs ago

Russell Huffines
White House Office of Cabinet Affairs (June 2025-), Associate Director of Agency Outreach

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