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Rep. James Comer is demanding that the guard who oversaw Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico property be ordered to testify as fresh Justice Department files and a state search breathe new life into this long-stalled inquiry. Comer told Jesse Watters Primetime that Congress needs direct answers about what happened at Zorro Ranch and who in the federal government may have looked the other way. The timing—coming as New Mexico authorities executed a search of the ranch—adds urgency and credibility to Comer’s insistence that witnesses be compelled to speak.
New Mexico’s attorney general reopened a criminal inquiry after the recent federal document releases and on March 10, 2026 state law enforcement conducted a search of Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch in Stanley, showing the state will not let federal inaction be the final word. Local officials and survivors have long accused federal agencies of failing to fully investigate Epstein’s activities in the state, and now the state is taking visible steps to fill that void. This is a welcome sign that state-level accountability can step in where the feds faltered.
The Justice Department itself published a massive tranche of records earlier this year—over three million pages of material—under pressure from Congress and the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a release that exposed long-buried notes, photos, and lead documents. Conservatives have rightly criticized the DOJ for delays, redactions, and what looks like selective protections for powerful people connected to Epstein. The public deserves unredacted truth, not bureaucratic obfuscation dressed up as procedural caution.
Chairman Comer has not been passive; his Oversight Committee has subpoenaed banks, estates, and demanded depositions from high-profile figures tied to Epstein’s orbit as he chases a fuller accounting. The committee’s aggressive subpoenas and document releases are forcing the issue out of the shadows and into the light, where Americans can judge the evidence for themselves. If the swamp thinks it can bury witnesses or stall with legal maneuvers, Comer’s moves show Republicans will make them pay a political—and hopefully legal—price.
Comer also alleged that during the original 2019 inquiries the Department of Justice under the previous administration asked New Mexico officials to stand down, a charge that, if true, would show a troubling pattern of federal interference and protection for the well-connected. Such claims demand immediate, sworn testimony—starting with any guards, local detectives, or prosecutors who were on the scene. Americans who have watched career bureaucrats dodge accountability have a right to be furious, and Republicans have a responsibility to turn that fury into action.
Conservatives should not let this become another spectacle the media buries the minute the narrative gets inconvenient; this is about victims and about whether our justice system treats elites differently. The demand that the Epstein guard testify is not a partisan stunt but a basic step toward truth: someone who worked at the ranch could corroborate timelines, movements, and encounters that paperwork alone cannot resolve. If the DOJ or anyone else tries to stonewall, Republicans must press contempt citations and criminal referrals until the record is complete.
The patriotic duty here is clear: stand with survivors, not with the institutional protectors of the powerful. Make no mistake—forcing witnesses to tell the truth and releasing every unredacted document is how you restore faith in law enforcement and give victims the justice they deserve. The American people are watching, and Republicans who pursue this aggressively will be doing what the DOJ should have done long ago: put justice, not privilege, at the center of our system.
