Bill Richardson and Epstein: Secrecy, Power and Control
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 20, 2026
It doesn't go away -- the gnawing questions of why Epstein was involved with Bill Richardson. As news reporters, we covered Richardson while he served as New Mexico governor, and US Energy Secretary. Richardson posed as a friend to Indian country.
What did his Navajo aides know about the real Richardson, and his friendship with Epstein?
For years, I wrote Richardson stories for the national media, and interviewed his Navajo aides. Now, the question is what was really going on
In the Epstein files, Epstein tries to get Richardson to pull people into their circle, prominent people. The Dalai Lama says he never responded and never met with Epstein. There is no information on whether Robert Redford either.
Of course being friends with Richardson was a link to political power, but how was this used?
Epstein said he chose Zorro Ranch in order to have contact with the scientists at Los Alamos Labs, who lived in Santa Fe. And that happened. Los Alamos Labs was central to the first atomic bomb, and now stores plutonium, in the heart of the Pueblos. It is part of the war pipeline.
Deb Haaland, while heading up the Interior Dept., said in Farmington, NM, that Los Alamos Labs would lead the 'energy transition',' the so-called green energy transition, in the Four Corners region. Epstein did make friends with the scientists.
Now, what happened behind closed doors is unknown when Richardson met with Epstein at his many homes. Epstein's strategy of lure and entrapment apparently worked with Richardson. Richardson and Haaland shared one common success. It was secrecy and the ability to obscure the facts using public relations spin and remain the darlings of most media.
We're still digging out the old files of Richardson in Indian country. Update: New Mexico Governor's Office Says It has No Richardson and Epstein Files
"The subpoena to the Governor’s Office asked for records related to former Gov. Bill Richardson and Epstein between 2003 and 2011, the years when Richardson was in power. The Governor’s Office told the commission it does not have responsive records, spokesperson Leah March told The New Mexican by email Friday," Santa Fe New Mexican reports on June 15.
“We’ve already responded to the Truth Commission’s subpoena requesting information related to Bill Richardson,” March wrote. “The Governor’s Office does not have any records pertaining to Zorro Ranch or Bill Richardson’s relationship with Epstein — at the end of each administration, all records get sent to the State Archives.”
Previously at Censored News
Epstein's Rolodex: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Epstein's Short List
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, March 3, 2026, Updated April 19, 2026
Epstein's Rolodex, the short list of his contacts, is among his final emails.
Before being arrested on his flight arrival in New York, Epstein sent a media man a list of his prime targets and friends.
On this short list, among the so-called royalty, and former presidents of world governments, was Bill Richardson's name. It shows that Richardson wasn't just an e-mail buddy, he was a prime player in Epstein's world.
