Epstein ranch twist: MAGA candidate Don Huffins named mystery buyer of Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico home World News

The mysterious owner of one of them Jeffrey EpsteinThe most famous residence is a ranch in New Mexico said to be the home of MAGA millionaire and Texas Comptroller candidate Don Huffines. The real estate mogul purchased the convicted child sex offender’s “Zorro Ranch” in 2023, using an LLC he created weeks before the purchase, the Santa Fe New Mexico newspaper reported. His wife is listed as a trustee and his son is listed as an LLC manager, The Center Square reported.“Four years after Mr. Epstein’s death, the Huffins purchased a property at public auction in New Mexico, with proceeds benefiting his victims. They never toured the property before it was listed at auction,” Huffins’ campaign spokesman Ellen Blackmore said in a statement on Friday.The New York Times previously reported that the 7,600-acre ranch in southern Santa Fe County was the center of Epstein’s so-called plan to “seed humans with DNA by impregnating women.” The ranch was mentioned 4,200 times in more than 3 million documents released with the Epstein dossier.The millionaire renamed the ranch “Rancho de San Rafael,” which apparently contained the bodies of at least “two foreign girls,” both of whom had been strangled, according to an email from the Justice Department’s recently released database of Epstein files. On Friday, a New Mexico official called for an investigation of the property over the email. “If you’re buying a piece of land, the first thing you need to do is be completely transparent. If the property is implicated in criminal activity, why not be transparent with state officials in New Mexico? Huffins wants to manage Texas’ finances, but he’s not going to be transparent about his dealings with Epstein’s former assets,” Wayne Hamilton, former executive director of the Texas Republican Party, told The Center Square. Journalist Molly Jong-Fast questioned in an X post: “It’s such a weird thing to buy this property.”

Who is Don Huffins?

Huffins is a proud Republican and Trump supporter, according to his campaign website. The 67-year-old former Republican state senator for Dallas County’s 16th District is currently running for comptroller, the statewide office in Texas that oversees the state’s financial affairs. Not just a politician, his son Russell Huffines was hired by the Trump administration as deputy director of agency outreach in June 2025 and still holds the position today, with an annual salary of $83,500, RealClear Investigations reported.He unsuccessfully challenged Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022 and now faces competition from Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock, a former state senator who was appointed last summer by Abbott, Michael Berlanga and Railroad Commissioner Christy Craddick in the March 3 Republican primary.According to his campaign mention on LinkedIn, he plans to implement DOGE for Texas by “reducing government waste and increasing efficiency.” He co-owns and operates Huffines Communities, a real estate and land development company in North Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in finance. He and his wife, Mary Catherine, have four sons and a daughter, and according to his social media profiles, he is also a grandfather. The revelation of his ownership of one of the disgraced financier’s personal properties also formed a major centerpiece of his scandalous criminal saga, raising many questions. The late convict was found dead in his New York jail cell in 2019, but documents released by the Justice Department revealed his vast network that included elected leaders, tech billionaires and even Hollywood celebrities.