The Justice Department defended its conduct as consistent with court orders in place to protect victims’ privacy and with the bipartisan Epstein Transparency Act, calling New Mexico’s sweeping requests unjustified. Their delay is actively hurting our criminal investigation and delaying justice Epstein survivors deserve.” The Justice Department rejected Torrez’s assertion that it has violated the law in any way and defended its actions as an effort to protect victim privacy. According to Torrez, Epstein used Zorro Ranch regularly over the course of 25 years, with thousands of references throughout the Justice Department’s publicly released Epstein library. “[The Justice Department] has betrayed survivors and the public related to Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators at least three times,” Torrez argues.