00:00In February of this year, I made a public announcement that the New Mexico Department of Justice was reopening its
00:06criminal investigation into the criminal conduct that occurred by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates at Zorro Ranch for a period
00:16of nearly two decades.
00:17At the time of that announcement, I made it very clear that we were prepared to use any and every
00:25available legal tool to uncover the truth, to pursue justice, and above all, secure a measure of accountability that had
00:36been largely absent from this process under both the state criminal system and the federal criminal justice system.
00:43And at the heart of that commitment was something that I think is a guiding principle not only for the
00:55prosecutors who work in this office,
00:59but for people who have been specifically engaged in crimes involving children, sexual assault victims, sexual assault survivors,
01:14and a recognition that all too often we fail to deliver truth and accountability.
01:23That criminal probe is ongoing, and we continue to seek access to the complete unredacted Epstein file.
01:34Nevertheless, we are here today to mark an important milestone in the use of another legal tool at our disposal
01:43to hopefully shed light on individuals in Jeffrey Epstein's orbit who were participants in what we describe as an ongoing
01:53criminal enterprise that facilitated human trafficking
01:57and sexual abuse at Zorro Ranch and beyond.
02:02And so today we have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court here in the District of New Mexico,
02:08naming Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn as co-executors of the estate of Jeffrey Epstein in the 1953 Trust.
02:19Those, that trust and that estate currently holds in excess of $100 million.
02:25And as it currently stands, Mr. Indyke and Mr. Kahn as co-executors and beneficiaries stand to benefit substantially
02:34from the distribution of resources out of that trust without some intervening action,
02:43which is at the heart of what we're doing today.
02:46And so we have filed this lawsuit seeking to enjoin any distribution from the trust
02:54and to halt any allocation of any of those monies, which are a product of Mr. Epstein's ongoing criminal conduct.
03:06And frankly, if anyone is entitled to a recovery of Jeffrey Epstein's estate, it's the survivors.
03:14The Epstein survivors who were targeted and trafficked here in New Mexico and beyond.
03:20And so in bringing this lawsuit, we have utilized authority granted by Congress to stand in our legal capacity
03:31to represent the interests of the people of New Mexico and the interests of survivors.
03:37Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the New Mexico Racketeering Act,
03:42we have, in short, made a complaint that alleges that Mr. Indyke and Mr. Kahn,
03:48through patterns of conduct, including participating in the organization of various corporate entities
03:54and structuring payments and concealing the operations of that enterprise,
04:01facilitated the criminal conduct and the trafficking behavior of Jeffrey Epstein for a number of years.
04:07And it is unconscionable in my mind that people who actively participated in the efforts of that trafficking enterprise,
04:19that they should in any way benefit from what is left of his estate.
04:25Those resources rightfully belong in the hands of survivors.
04:31There should be no distribution of Mr. Epstein's remaining assets to people like Mr. Indyke, Mr. Kahn,
04:40for participation in what I think is one of the most horrific criminal enterprises in modern American history.
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