2026-08-05 / 路透社
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8月5日（路透社）——新墨西哥州周三起诉美国司法部，要求获取杰弗里·爱泼斯坦相关的未删减文件，指控联邦机构拒绝提供文件，阻挠该州对这名已故性犯罪者的调查。
这起诉讼将围绕美国司法部爱泼斯坦相关文件的政治争议进一步升级，该问题曾困扰特朗普政府。如果新墨西哥州能够确认并起诉被指在爱泼斯坦新墨西哥州牧场性侵女童和妇女的涉案人员，该州调查可能会产生国际影响。
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这个由民主党执政的州于2月重新启动了对爱泼斯坦相关案件的调查，并要求获取未删减的美国司法部文件，以确认据称参与犯罪或目睹犯罪行为的佐罗牧场访客和工作人员身份。
美国司法部曾表示，已提供了部分文件，但由于隐私保护规定，无法提供其他材料。
“联邦政府的不作为不仅拖延了调查，还延长并加剧了幸存者的痛苦，”新墨西哥州的诉讼中辩称，并请求哥伦比亚特区美国地方法院下令美国代理司法部长托德·布兰奇释放所要求的文件。
针对这起诉讼，美国司法部发言人在一份声明中表示，根据《爱泼斯坦文件透明度法案》和保护性法院命令，司法部既没有义务也不允许披露受害者身份信息。
“新墨西哥州未提供任何合法依据来证明这种大规模披露的合理性，”该发言人说道。
该州调查启动五个多月以来，新墨西哥州总检察长劳尔·托雷斯尚未公布任何调查结果。
在与记者的电话会议中，托雷斯表示该州正在为此次调查投入“大量”资源，但拒绝透露更多细节。
“我们尚未指控任何人，因为在指控某人之前，我们需要查看这些文件，”托雷斯说道。
新墨西哥州当局声称，美国司法部违背了2019年达成的一项协议：根据该协议，新墨西哥州同意暂停其对爱泼斯坦相关案件的调查，并将证据移交给联邦机构，以换取联邦机构继续分享有关 alleged幸存者和犯罪行为的信息。
托雷斯在3月表示，该州的调查面临诸多重大障碍，包括爱泼斯坦所谓的犯罪行为已过去数十年、牧场于2023年出售后证据失踪，以及可能存在的与潜在起诉相关的管辖权问题。
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New Mexico sues US government for access to Epstein files
2026-08-05 / Reuters
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Aug 5 (Reuters) – New Mexico sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday for access to unredacted files on Jeffrey Epstein, alleging the federal agency was stonewalling the state’s investigation into the late sex offender by refusing to provide the documents.
The lawsuit, opens new tab escalates a politically charged dispute over the U.S. agency’s Epstein files, an issue that has dogged the Trump administration. The state probe could have international consequences if it can identify and prosecute figures alleged to have sexually abused girls and women at Epstein’s New Mexico ranch.
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The Democratic-run state reopened its Epstein investigation in February and requested unredacted U.S. DOJ files to identify visitors and staff at Zorro Ranch who allegedly took part in crimes, or witnessed them.
The U.S. Department of Justice has said it provided, opens new tab some files but was prevented from supplying other material due to privacy protections.
“Federal inaction does not merely stall the investigation; it prolongs and compounds the suffering of survivors,” the New Mexico lawsuit argued, requesting that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia compel U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to release the requested files.
In response to the lawsuit, the U.S. DOJ said that under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and protective court orders, it was neither required nor permitted to disclose victim-identifying information.
“New Mexico has provided no lawful basis to justify such sweeping disclosures,” a spokesperson said in a statement .
Over five months into the state investigation, New Mexico Attorney Raul Torrez has yet to announce any results.
In a call with reporters, Torrez said the state was devoting a “substantial” amount of resources to the probe, but declined to give further information.
“We haven’t charged someone because we need to see those files before we charge someone,” Torrez said.
New Mexico authorities claim that the U.S. DOJ reneged on a 2019 deal under which the state agreed to halt its Epstein probe and hand over evidence to the federal agency in return for continued information sharing on alleged survivors and crimes.
Torrez said in March that the state investigation faced considerable obstacles, including the decades lapsed since Epstein’s alleged crimes, the disappearance of evidence after the ranch was sold in 2023 and possible jurisdictional issues surrounding any potential prosecutions.
Reporting by Andrew Hay in New Mexico; editing by David Gaffen
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