On Newsmax’s American Agenda this week, Epstein survivor Alicia Arden sat with veteran victims’ attorney Gloria Allred to demand answers about what happened at Jeffrey Epstein’s properties — and to remind the country that brave women have been raising alarms for decades while powerful institutions looked away. Arden says she filed a police report in 1997 alleging sexual battery, a document Allred says proves law enforcement long ago failed her and others who came forward.
The New Mexico connection is not some late-breaking conspiracy; Epstein bought the sprawling Zorro Ranch in the early 1990s and controlled it through trusts while leasing additional acreage from the state, creating a remote, gated compound where investigators now say troubling activity occurred. New Mexico officials later turned over hundreds of pages of property records to investigators, and public records make clear the ranch was a major part of Epstein’s real-estate network.
Allred used the platform to press the Department of Justice to release the full files and transcripts related to Epstein and his associates, arguing victims deserve transparency and accountability rather than secrecy and selective redaction. Arden and Allred reiterated that survivors were too often ignored when they spoke up, and they demanded congressional and prosecutorial follow-through so that failures of the past are not repeated.
Here’s the outrage every patriot should understand: Epstein briefly registered in New Mexico’s sex offender system in 2010, only to be taken off the list days later because state law at the time treated his Florida conviction differently — a legal technicality that left a multimillion-dollar ranch effectively unmonitored. That loophole, exposed by reporting, is a bitter illustration of how law, administration, and clumsy bureaucratic judgments can protect the very predators we should be hunting.
Conservatives should be the loudest voices demanding fairness for victims and strict enforcement of the law without deference to wealth or celebrity. The Zorro Ranch records and state leases deserve a full accounting: who knew what, who facilitated it, and who profited while girls were harmed — America’s rule of law means no one’s name is above scrutiny, and no agency gets a pass for looking the other way.
If you love this country, you should want every file opened, every witness heard, and every official who covered up or minimized these crimes held accountable. Alicia Arden’s courage in coming forward is a reminder that justice must be earned, not deferred, and that protecting our daughters is a cause that crosses every political line — it’s time Washington and Santa Fe stop protecting reputations and start protecting people.

