Epstein Update: List of 14 Subpoenas to Be Issued in New Mexico

Fourteen public and private institutions will be subpoenaed as part of a sprawling investigation into alleged sexual assault at a secluded New Mexico ranch previously owned by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Democratic state Representative Andrea Romero said New Mexico Survivor’s Truth Commission, a legislative panel created to establish a public record of alleged abuse at the former Zorro Ranch, is pressing ahead in its examination of allegations at the 7,500-acre estate outside Santa Fe that Epstein purchased in 1993.

The initial wave of subpoenas, which will be filed this week, will be directed at financial institutions, federal agencies, state offices, law enforcement bodies and a prestigious scientific research center, according to Romero, who heads the commission.

“All subpoenas have been approved and copies will be posted to our website as they are filed so the public can follow our progress,” Romero told Newsweek in a statement Tuesday. “Federal subpoenas to the FBI, Department of Justice, and Federal Aviation Administration may require additional time to file due to procedural requirements unique to federal agencies, but those subpoenas are approved and will move forward.”

Romero said victims of Epstein, who died in jail while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges in 2019, deserve resolution after court filings and civil lawsuits have identified the property as one of the locations where they had been sexually assaulted by the convicted sex offender and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

“The survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse have waited long enough,” Romero said. “This commission intends to provide the full accounting they deserve.”

Chautae Davies, one of Epstein’s former victims, has previously cited the ranch in interviews with CNN.

“I experienced a lot of trauma personally there, and it was a very isolated location to be at and it was a very scary place," Davies recently told the network. “You could feel the darkness there.”

Forthcoming Subpoenas

A website for the commission did not identify the 14 entities that will be subpoenaed as of early Tuesday, but they were identified during a hearing on Monday. They will include the estate of Jeffrey Epstein; the FBI; the Department of Justice; the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico; the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York; the Federal Aviation Administration; Deutsche Bank; JP Morgan Chase; the New Mexico Department of Public Safety; the New Mexico Department of Justice; the Office of the Governor of New Mexico; the New Mexico State Land Commissioner; the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department; and the Santa Fe Institute.

A spokesperson for the state’s Department of Public Safety said the agency had not been served late Monday, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.

“We would comply to the extent we can under the law,” spokesperson John Heil told the newspaper.

Financial documents in the Department of Justice’s Epstein files uncovered by the newspaper indicated that Epstein donated at least $680,000 to the Santa Fe Institute, although the nonprofit research institute has maintained that its internal records reflect only $275,000 in donations.

Epstein had relationships with various researchers linked to the organization, including Nobel laureate physicist Murray Gell-Mann, whose research Epstein helped fund. The institute’s president, David Krakauer, did not respond to a request for comment on Monday afternoon, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.

The commission is seeking records related to Epstein’s donations to the institute, as well as research that he funded and staffers who were in contact with him, according to Romero.

“We expect that everyone complies with the subpoena … but we know it can be a long, drawn-out process,” Romero told the newspaper, adding that delays could follow if entities seek to quash the subpoena.

Authorities in New Mexico launched a search of the property-which is now owned by a Republican who has renamed it San Rafael Ranch-in March as part of the ongoing probe.

"This search is part of the criminal investigation announced by the New Mexico Department of Justice on February 19th into allegations of illegal activity at Epstein's ranch prior to Epstein's 2019 death," a Department of Justice spokesperson said in March, adding that investigators would “follow the facts wherever they lead.”

Romero previously praised the search as a “massive development” while vowing to uncover all available facts linked to the ranch.

“I think this is a massive development and progress made on what folks have been asking for years-since 2019,” Romero told Newsweek in March. “We’re welcoming the news that this is really happening finally. And of course, that information will get sent to the Truth Commission.”

The four-member bipartisan commission, which is authorized to conduct hearings and receive testimony from alleged victims, is expected to release an interim report in July. A final review is expected by the end of the year.

The lawmakers said any evidence that a crime had been committed will be referred to appropriate law enforcement agencies, whether in New Mexico or elsewhere, NBC News reported.

“Build a complete documented public record,” Republican state Representative Andrea Reeb said of the commission’s goal during Monday’s hearing at the New Mexico State Capitol. “We will name what happened, we will name who was responsible, and we will do so with the evidentiary regard that survivors deserve and that the law requires."

Epstein typically visited the ranch, which was later sold by his estate, several times a year but was never charged with crimes in New Mexico despite at least 10 women accusing him of grooming or abusing them at the property in the 1990s, according to a review of court testimony, lawsuits and other records by NBC News. Five of the victims were teenagers at the time.

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This story was originally published June 2, 2026 at 10:17 AM.