The New Mexico commission investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s time in the state made its first batch of subpoenas public late last week, and is scheduled to hold a public meeting at noon on Thursday at which commissioners are expected to announce more subpoenas.
An update on the subpoenas – all of which list a June 30 deadline for compliance – and survivor testimony are on the meeting’s tentative agenda. A news release Tuesday said new subpoenas would be announced as well.
The House investigatory subcommittee commonly known as the Epstein “truth commission” at a meeting earlier this month announced it was issuing 14 subpoenas, mostly to state and federal government agencies, seeking information and documentation about Epstein’s connections. On Friday, the commission posted the first six subpoenas on its website, NMTruthCommission.com.
In those six subpoenas – which were sent to the New Mexico Department of Justice, State Land Office, Department of Public Safety, the Office of the Governor, Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office and the Santa Fe Institute – the commission seeks financial documents, real estate records and correspondence to help paint a fuller picture of the late sex offender’s activities in New Mexico.
The commission posts the full subpoenas online here as they’re issued.
The commission’s subpoena to the New Mexico Department of Justice seeks investigation files, such as notes and witness interviews related to Epstein; personnel records for NMDOJ employees involved in Epstein investigations; files sent to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York; internal memoranda relating to Epstein investigations and more.
In a statement, NMDOJ Chief of Staff Lauren Rodriguez said the department received the subpoena and is reviewing it.
“We intend to comply with all lawful requests and are assessing the subpoena’s provisions to determine how we can best support the truth commission’s important mission,” she wrote.
The subpoena to the State Land Office seeks real estate records related to Epstein and Zorro Ranch; records of inspections, audits and site visits; financial transactions between Epstein-related entities and the State Land Office and more.
A spokesperson for the State Land Office in an email to Source NM said the office has received the subpoena and intends to “fully comply.”
The subpoena to the state’s public safety department seeks documents related to former Gov. Bill Richardson and Epstein from 2003 to 2011, including records that contain details about Richardson’s travels to properties owned by Epstein.
John Heil, a spokesperson for the New Mexico Department of Safety, in an email to Source said the department has “not yet been served the subpoena. We would comply to the extent we can under the law.”
The subpoena to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office seeks much of the same documentation requested of the state Department of Public Safety.
Leah March, Lujan Grisham’s deputy communications director, told Source NM that the governor’s office did not have any responsive records as prior governors’ records are held in the New Mexico State Archives. March noted that Lujan Grisham “strongly” supports the commission and abuse survivors.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office subpoena focuses largely on police reports and calls for service to Zorro Ranch, including statements from witnesses, victims and suspects. It also requests video footage from body-cameras and dashcams.
Shawna Graves, a county communications coordinator, in a statement said the county sheriff’s office received the subpoena and is working with county attorneys to gather the responsive records.
“The Board of County Commissioners has expressed its support for the work of the Truth Commission through Resolution No. 2026-063,” she wrote. “The resolution affirms the county’s commitment to cooperating fully with the Truth Commission, including providing timely responses to lawful requests for records, documents, reports, and other information within the county’s custody or control.”
The subpoena to the Santa Fe Institute, so far the only non-governmental entity to be subpoenaed, seeks financial records such as donations and contributions that Epstein or any Epstein-affiliated entities made to the organization. It also requests documentation of how the Santa Fe Institute used those funds and correspondence between Santa Fe Institute officials and Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell.
David Krakauer, Santa Fe Institute president and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems, in an email to Source NM said the organization is complying with the subpoena.