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Harry Litman
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Harry Litman noted that over 90% of prosecutions occur at the state level, making federal-state cooperation standard — making DOJ's refusal to assist New Mexico extraordinary.
Harry Litman stated that Epstein victims have received zero justice from the DOJ, which has also actively tried to prevent justice being done by parallel state sovereigns.
Harry Litman noted that Todd Blanche's Senate confirmation hearing was just days away, meaning the Epstein obstruction story would inevitably resurface in that context.
Despite repeatedly telling New Mexico officials it would cooperate, the DOJ never provided the requested records — a pattern Harry Litman called deliberate misdirection.
Harry Litman stated there is no conceivable legitimate federal interest in preventing New Mexico from prosecuting Epstein crimes that occurred within its own borders.
In 2019, when the DOJ was actually prosecuting Epstein, Maureen Comey stepped aside and told New Mexico to take the case. Today's DOJ has reversed that — and unlike 2019, it is not even pursuing its own Epstein investigation, making the block on New Mexico's probe entirely unjustifiable.
New Mexico AG Raul Torres sent letters, attempted calls, and submitted formal requests to the DOJ for 130 days — and received nothing but verbal promises. The DOJ told Reuters it 'stands ready to help' while ignoring every specific outreach attempt.
The DOJ is not simply sitting on its hands — it is actively blocking a state sovereign from prosecuting crimes that occurred within its own borders. Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman says there is zero legitimate federal reason for this, which means the obstruction is deliberate and politically motivated.
The DOJ's pattern of missed calls, wrong numbers, and forgotten messages isn't incompetence — it's a directed strategy. Harry Litman, who has worked with attorneys general, points out that AG calls don't get lost unless someone at the top is ordering them to.
Trump has used the same playbook since 2016: promise a press conference, delay indefinitely, let another scandal overtake the story. Ben Meiselas argues the DOJ's 130-day stonewall of the New Mexico Epstein probe is that exact same tactic, applied to cover up child sex trafficking.
While Epstein Island and Palm Beach get most media coverage, Ben Meiselas argues New Mexico's Zoro Ranch was the site of some of the most severe abuse — and the original DOJ investigation there was killed in real time. The new state probe is now being strangled the same way.
The DOJ doesn't want Jeffrey Epstein's crimes prosecuted, but it also doesn't want to look like it doesn't want them prosecuted. That contradiction has produced a elaborate theater of fake cooperation that Litman says is now well-documented and increasingly impossible to hide.
Acting AG Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing is just days away. Harry Litman sees this as a moment of vulnerability: the DOJ has been pretending to cooperate, and Senate confirmation is exactly the kind of mirror that exposes that pretense.
MeidasTouch host Katie Fang has been fighting the DOJ for Epstein records through FOIA requests — and the DOJ has been fighting back. Ben Meiselas frames this as the Trump regime attacking and assaulting Epstein survivors and their advocates rather than pursuing justice for them.
With courts sidelined and the DOJ blocking state investigations, the most powerful remaining tool is sustained media and public pressure. Harry Litman argues that exactly this kind of spotlight — combined with confirmation hearings — is what makes the DOJ's position untenable.
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