MAGA candidate in Texas is identified as owner of one of Epstein’s properties

A businessman moving to beryllium Texas comptroller has been revealed arsenic nan personification who bought Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous New Mexico ranch, according to a report.

Don Huffines, 67, a self-described “MAGA Trump Republican,” is nan existent proprietor of nan erstwhile Zorro Ranch successful Santa Fe County, according to records obtained by The Santa Fe New Mexican.

The spot – including a 26,700 quadrate ft hilltop mansion, wherever nan precocious billionaire activity offender abused victims complete a 26-year play – was first put up for waste successful July 2021, 2 years aft Epstein’s termination successful a New York City jailhouse cell, and was weighted astatine $27.5 cardinal astatine that time.

It was sold successful 2023 for an undisclosed magnitude to an entity called San Rafael Ranch LLC, which nan newspaper has now traced to Huffines done nationalist records requests.

The newspaper adds that nan spot was weighted for taxation purposes astatine $21.1 cardinal for nan 2023 fiscal year, and that nan LLC based on that Epstein’s “notoriety” and its higher income value meant a little valuation was merited.

The Santa Fe County assessor later revalued nan spot for that taxation twelvemonth astatine $13.4 million, according to nan New Mexican.

Its reside was changed from 49 Zorro Ranch Road to 49 Rancho San Rafael Road successful 2024.

Huffines’ run spokesperson Allen Blakemore told The Independent: “Four years aft Mr Epstein’s death, nan Huffines family purchased spot successful New Mexico listed astatine nationalist auction whose proceeds benefited his victims. Prior to nan auction listing, they had ne'er visited nan property.

“The owners person ne'er been approached by local, state, aliases national rule enforcement requesting entree to nan San Rafael Ranch. If, and erstwhile they do, of people they will beryllium grated afloat and complete cooperation.”

The GOP campaigner for Texas comptroller is simply a erstwhile authorities legislator from Dallas who declares connected his website that he intends to “DOGE Texas to destruct fraud, waste, and maltreatment and prevention payer money,” and make nan Lone Star State “a lighthouse for liberty.”

“Guided by his heavy Texas roots and committedness to faith, family, and freedom, Don has spent his life fighting to protect taxpayers and advancing blimpish values,” his bio states, besides noting his “generous” philanthropy and making clear that he “learned nan worth of difficult activity early while greasing cars for $2 an hr astatine his family’s automotive business.”

Huffines’ run boasts endorsements from Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, erstwhile congressman Ron Paul, blimpish influencer Riley Gaines, erstwhile GOP statesmanlike campaigner Vivek Ramaswamy, and nan precocious Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.

He presently holds a dependable lead complete his 3 superior rivals, boasting a 20 percent constituent lead complete Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock and a 12 percent constituent lead complete Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick, according to The Texas Tribune, citing polling published past week.

New Mexico lawmakers are seeking to create a bipartisan “truth commission” to uncover precisely what happened astatine nan ranch aft Epstein acquired it from erstwhile authorities politician Bruce King successful 1993.

The precocious Epstein unfortunate Virginia Giuffre was pictured astatine nan spot while different survivors of his abuse, including Annie Farmer and “Jane,” person described nan ordeals they suffered astatine nan tract astatine nan hands of Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

“What we’re going to effort to do is get everything connected nan grounds successful nan clip span that he was here,” authorities typical Andrea Romero told KOB 4 past week.

“When we heard nan allegations from his various victims of group who alleged that they were trafficked here, that they were sexually abused present – immoderate arsenic children – I’m conscionable heartbroken, and it’s conscionable truthful disgusting to deliberation that that happened connected our watch astatine all.”