2026-03-21T10:02:50.661Z / 路透社
新墨西哥州斯坦利，3月21日（路透社） – 警方首次搜查杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）在新墨西哥州的牧场，以寻找他可能在这个西部旧主题隐居地犯下的任何虐待证据。与此同时，人们的注意力集中在该州的权贵前政客身上——他们在爱泼斯坦成为登记在案的性犯罪者后很久，仍与其会面并接受其竞选捐款。
爱泼斯坦与该州民主党领袖的关系（包括两位前州长和一名州检察长），以及可能使这名已定罪性犯罪者得以在牧场实施虐待的制度性缺陷，正在由新墨西哥州真相委员会调查——这是美国首个此类委员会。
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根据新墨西哥州总检察长办公室2020年的一封信件以及美国司法部最近公布的数百万份文件中的大量证据，爱泼斯坦每年约有两个月时间在此度过的佐罗牧场（Zorro Ranch），被指是其跨美国维尔京群岛、纽约和佛罗里达儿童性交易网络的枢纽。
据采访和对竞选财务记录的审查显示，爱泼斯坦在2002年至2014年间向五次竞选捐赠了16万多美元，以在民主党主导的新墨西哥州确立自己的主要资金影响力。他经常是竞选活动最大的外部捐赠者，包括在2008年首次性犯罪定罪后。
路透社未发现任何证据表明爱泼斯坦因捐赠获得回报。
爱泼斯坦与已故前州长比尔·理查森（Bill Richardson）的关系已被广泛报道。该州前最高执法官员加里·金（Gary King）在爱泼斯坦被判重罪性犯罪后，也与他有过接触，包括2010年见面。爱泼斯坦曾向数十名美国政客捐赠，但在佛罗里达州定罪后，几乎所有人都与他断绝了联系。
“一旦你了解所发生的事情，仍继续接受竞选捐款是应受谴责的，”
As New Mexico investigates, questions are raised about Epstein’s links to the powerful
2026-03-21T10:02:50.661Z / Reuters
STANLEY, New Mexico, March 21 (Reuters) – As police for the first time search Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch for evidence of any abuse he may have committed at the Old West-themed hideaway, attention has focused on the powerful former politicians in the state who continued to meet and receive campaign donations from Epstein long after he became a registered sex offender.
Epstein’s relationships with state Democratic Party leaders, including two former governors and a state attorney general, and the institutional failings that may have allowed the convicted sex offender to perpetrate abuse at the ranch are under investigation by a New Mexico state truth commission – the first of its kind in the country.
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Zorro Ranch, where Epstein spent about two months a year, was alleged to be a hub in his sex trafficking of children that stretched between the U.S. Virgin Islands, New York and Florida, according to a
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from the New Mexico Attorney General’s office and numerous documents among the millions recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Epstein spent relatively little to establish himself as a major funding force in Democratic-run New Mexico. He donated just over $160,000 across five races between 2002 and 2014 , according to interviews and a review of campaign finance records. He was often the biggest outside donor to campaigns, including after his first sex offender conviction in 2008.
Reuters did not find any evidence that Epstein received anything in return for his donations.
Epstein’s ties with the late former Governor Bill Richardson have been well reported. The state’s former top law enforcement agent, Gary King, also had contact with Epstein after he was convicted of felony sex crimes, including meeting him in 2010. Epstein donated to dozens of U.S. politicians, but nearly all of them cut ties with him after the Florida conviction.
“Once you know what’s happened, to continue to take campaign contributions is reprehensible,