🗞️ Story file #768
New Mexico attorney general sues Epstein's lawyer and accountant
Oct 21, 2 PM ET to Oct 23, 1 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 22outlets carried it
- 🫏8 · 7 · 6🐘left · center · right
- 2 dayson the front pages
- 22front pages at once, at its peak
- 14 minof TV captions
- 9radio newscasts
- 39people retold it online
👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.
- Oct 21, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: CNBC
- Oct 21, 6 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN
- Oct 21, 6 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
- Oct 22, 8 AM ETretold online by 39 people
- Oct 22, 1 PM ETpeak: on 22 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📡 wire copy: 2 outlets ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word (The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times)
📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Political Wire
💬 quoted: “facilitating and concealing” “knowingly participated”
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 mexico ag
✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- ABC News (2 wordings): “New Mexico attorney general files suit against executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate” → “New Mexico AG sues executors of Epstein estate”
- Reuters (3 wordings): “New Mexico sues Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer and accountant” → “New Mexico sues to stop payouts to Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer, accountant”
Every outlet's first headline (22), left to right by AllSides rating
The Guardian
Epstein’s attorney and accountant accused of ‘facilitating and concealing’ his crimes in lawsuit Oct 21, 3 PM ET
ABC News
New Mexico attorney general files suit against executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate Oct 21, 1 PM ET
CBS News
New Mexico AG accuses Epstein's lawyer, accountant of concealing crimes Oct 21, 5 PM ET
CNBC
New Mexico AG lawsuit accuses Epstein's attorney and accountant of facilitating sex trafficking Oct 21, 2 PM ET
CNN
New Mexico attorney general files civil lawsuit against two Epstein advisers Oct 21, 2 PM ET
Mediaite
State AG Sues Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyer and Accountant for Allegedly Hiding Pedophile’s Sex Trafficking Op Oct 21, 2 PM ET
PBS NewsHour
New Mexico attorney general sues Epstein's attorney and accountant, claiming abuse cover-up at ranch Oct 21, 4 PM ET
The Independent
Epstein lawyer and accountant ‘knowingly participated’ in his sex trafficking, New Mexico AG claims in suit Oct 21, 2 PM ET
BBC
New Mexico sues Epstein lawyer and accountant, accusing them of hiding his sex crimes Oct 21, 7 PM ET
Forbes
New Mexico Sues Epstein’s Attorney And Accountant As Scrutiny On Them Intensifies Oct 21, 4 PM ET
News Nation
New Mexico sues Epstein attorney, accountant; claims they concealed his sex trafficking Oct 21, 5 PM ET
Newsweek
New Mexico Targets Two Epstein Associates, Alleges Role in Trafficking Oct 21, 5 PM ET
Reuters
New Mexico sues Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer and accountant Oct 21, 4 PM ET
The Hill
New Mexico sues Epstein attorney and accountant, accusing them of facilitating his sex trafficking Oct 21, 3 PM ET
WSJ
New Mexico Sues Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyer and Accountant Oct 21, 2 PM ET
Just the News
New Mexico attorney general alleges Epstein attorney, accountant involved in cover-up Oct 21, 3 PM ET
The Epoch Times
New Mexico Sues Jeffrey Epstein’s Advisers Oct 21, 4 PM ET
The Washington Times
New Mexico attorney general sues Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer and accountant Oct 22, 1 PM ET
IJR
New Mexico Sues Epstein Advisers Seeking to Block Estate Payouts Oct 21, 4 PM ET
New York Post
Epstein’s lawyer and accountant sued by New Mexico, accused of covering up abuse at dead pedophile’s Zorro Ranch Oct 21, 3 PM ET
Newsmax
New Mexico Sues Epstein's Lawyer, Accountant Oct 21, 2 PM ET
Crooks and Liars
Epstein Lawyer, Accountant Sued In NM For Enabling Sex Crimes Oct 22, 9 AM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- NEW MEXICO AG FILES CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST TWO EPSTEIN ADVISERS CNN, 10 min
- New Mexico Attorney General Files Civil Suit Against Two Epstein Advisors CNN, 2 min
- New Mexico sues two Epstein advisers CNN, 48 s
- On New Mexico's Civil Suit CNN, 46 s
- Epstein Survivors weigh In. On New Mexico's Civil Suit CNN, 24 s
- New Mexico Sues Epstein's Attorney CNN, 11 s
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 22, 9:09 AM ET: story 4 of 5
- ABC News Update, Oct 22, 3:32 AM ET: story 2 of 4
- NPR News Now, Oct 22, 3:09 AM ET: story 3 of 7
- NPR News Now, Oct 22, 1:09 AM ET: story 6 of 8
- NPR News Now, Oct 22, 12:09 AM ET: story 4 of 8
- ABC News Update, Oct 21, 11:32 PM ET: story 2 of 4
- NPR News Now, Oct 21, 10:10 PM ET: story 6 of 8
- NPR News Now, Oct 21, 9:09 PM ET: story 3 of 7
- NPR News Now, Oct 21, 6:09 PM ET: story 5 of 7
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🧩 How it's being told
The stories under this news, from our motif index, and who told each: the shows we follow by their lean, people online, fact-checkers. A story people tell, not a claim that it's true; claims are matched to this story by our tools, so a link can be wrong.
- 🧩 Pedophile cabal
🧶 online
“New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation to collect a $75 million inheritance.” - 🧩 Rebranding
🧶 online
“Donald Trump wants to rename New Mexico 'New America.'” - 🧩 Transparency demand
🧶 online
“The Epstein files should be released immediately to expose the crimes of wealthy men and pedophiles.”
🧶 Retold online
- New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation to collect a $75 million inheritance. Oct 22: told by 16 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 134 likes, 49 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 34 likes, 3 reposts
- The Epstein files should be released immediately to expose the crimes of wealthy men and pedophiles. Oct 22: told by 15 people; told before on Oct 28, Oct 18, Oct 14, Oct 12
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 5 likes, 1 reposts
- Donald Trump wants to rename New Mexico 'New America.' Oct 22: told by 8 people; told before on Oct 21, Oct 20
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 10 likes, 0 reposts
On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.
🗣️ names in it: New Mexico Jeffrey Epstein Attorney General of New Mexico Epstein's Attorney Epstein's Accountant
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