SEVERE WEATHER NEAR YOU WITH OUR APP. JUST REMEMBER TO TURN ON THOSE ALERTS WE’LL TARGET 7 REVEALED TO YOU YESTERDAY HOW GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE DEB HOLLAND AND FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL GARY KING WERE FOUND IN THE EPSTEIN FILES. DOCUMENTS SHOW THEY TOOK A CHARTERED FLIGHT ORGANIZED BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN TO WASHINGTON, DC OVER A DECADE AGO. HOLLAND TOLD US SHE HAD NO CLUE WHO ORGANIZED IT. WELL, TODAY WE’RE HEARING FROM KING. HERE’S JASON MCNABB. YEAH, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. SHELLEY AND DOUG, I SPOKE WITH GARY KING THIS MORNING, AND OVER THE PHONE HE TOLD US, LIKE HOLLAND, HE ALSO HAD NO IDEA THAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN WAS BEHIND THE COMPANY THAT ORGANIZED THAT PRIVATE FLIGHT. WE COULDN’T FIND ANY RED EYE FLIGHTS, AND IT WAS AN IMPORTANT MEETING AT THAT TIME WITH THESE UNION LEADERS IN IN WASHINGTON, DC, GARY KING EXPLAINED TO TARGET 7 HOW HE AND THEN CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DEB HAALAND, ENDED UP ON A FLIGHT MANIFEST LINKED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN IN 2014. TUESDAY, WE SHOWED YOU THESE THREE DOCUMENTS DOWNLOADED DIRECTLY FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’S WEBSITE. THEY SHOW THAT KING, ALONG WITH HOLLAND, TOOK A CHARTERED FLIGHT FROM SANTA FE TO WASHINGTON, D.C. THE FLIGHT MANIFEST LISTS A CLIENT AS AN LLC OWNED BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN. AN EMAIL SAY KING ASKED EPSTEIN DIRECTLY TO USE HIS PLANE FOR THE FLIGHT. DESPITE THOSE EMAILS, KING TOLD US TODAY THAT FORMER NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT ARRANGED IT FOR HIM, AS HE NEEDED TO MAKE IT TO D.C. FOR A MEETING HE WAS ATTENDING FOR HIS GUBERNATORIAL RUN. IT WAS AN IMPORTANT MEETING AT THAT TIME WITH THESE UNION LEADERS IN IN WASHINGTON, DC. IT WAS, I THINK, THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE ONE OF THE BIG GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES UNIONS AND THE FIREFIGHTERS AND AND SEVERAL THAT RICHARDSON KNEW WELL. AND SO HE WAS TRYING TO HELP US TO GET THAT SET UP. AND SO WE JUST DECIDED THE BEST WAY TO GET THERE WAS TO CHARTER AN AIRPLANE, A PRIVATE JET. HE ALSO SAYS HE ONLY MET EPSTEIN IN PERSON ONE TIME. THE TIME THAT I MET HIM, HE HE CALLED ME BECAUSE HE HAD HEARD THAT MY DAD HAD PASSED AWAY, AND AND HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO MEET WITH ME AND HAVE COFFEE AND EXPRESS HIS CONDOLENCES FOR THE LOSS OF MY DAD. AND SO WE MET IN SANTA FE AND HAD A CUP OF TEA, ACTUALLY. NOW KING ONCE AGAIN REITERATED HE HAD NO IDEA THAT THE CHARTER COMPANY OR THE PLANE WERE ASSOCIATED WITH EPSTEIN. HE ALSO TOLD US HE RETURNED ANY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS THAT EPSTEIN OR HIS ASSOCIATED COMPANIES DONATED TO HIM DURING HIS MULTIPLE RUNS FOR OFFICE. TARGET 7 I’M JASON MCNABB. ALL RIGHT, JASON, THANK YOU. AND AS FOR RICHARDSON, WHO DIED IN 2023, HIS ATTORNEYS AND SPOKESPEOPLE HAVE MAINTAINED THAT HE WAS NOT FRIENDS WITH EPSTEIN. THEY SAID RICHARDSON AND HIS WIFE HAD ONLY BEEN TO THE RANCH ONCE. RICHARDSON’S ATTORNEYS HAVE ALSO SAID THE FORMER GOVERNOR HAD BEEN COOPERATING WITH FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS, AND THAT HE WAS NEITHER A SUBJECT TARGET NOR WITNESS
Gary King addresses flight linked to Epstein
Former Attorney General Gary King explained his involvement in a chartered flight organized by Jeffrey Epstein, stating he was unaware of Epstein’s connection to the flight.
Former Attorney General Gary King has clarified his involvement in a chartered flight organized by Jeffrey Epstein, stating he was unaware of Epstein’s connection to the flight. King, who was in the middle of a gubernatorial run at the time, explained that he and then-candidate for lieutenant governor Deb Haaland ended up on a flight manifest linked to Epstein in 2014 due to an important meeting with union leaders in Washington, D.C. “We couldn’t find any redeye flights and it was an important meeting at that time with these union leaders then in Washington, D.C.,” King said.Documents downloaded from the U.S. Department of Justice’s website show that King and Haaland took a chartered flight from Santa Fe to Washington, D.C., in September 2014. The flight manifest lists the client as an LLC owned by Epstein, and emails indicate King asked Epstein directly to use his plane for the flight. Despite these emails, King stated that former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arranged the flight for him, as he needed to attend a meeting for his gubernatorial run. “It was an important meeting at that time with these union leaders then in Washington, D.C. It was, I think, the National Education Association, and one of the big government employees unions and the firefighters and several that Bill Richardson knew well, so he was trying to help us to get that set up, so we just decided the best way to get there was to charter an airplane, a private jet,” King said.King also mentioned he met Epstein in person only once. “The time that I met him, he called me because he had heard that my dad had passed away. And then he said that he wanted to meet with me and have coffee, and express his condolences for the loss of my dad. And so, we met in Santa Fe and had a cup of tea actually,” King said.King reiterated he had no idea that the charter company or the plane were associated with Epstein. He also stated he returned any campaign contributions that Epstein or his associated companies donated to him during his multiple runs for office.As for Richardson, who died in 2023, his attorneys and spokespeople have maintained that he was not friends with Epstein. They said Richardson and his wife had only been to Epstein’s ranch once. Richardson’s attorneys have also stated the former governor had been cooperating with federal investigators and that he was neither a subject, target, nor witness in the case.
Former Attorney General Gary King has clarified his involvement in a chartered flight organized by Jeffrey Epstein, stating he was unaware of Epstein’s connection to the flight.
King, who was in the middle of a gubernatorial run at the time, explained that he and then-candidate for lieutenant governor Deb Haaland ended up on a flight manifest linked to Epstein in 2014 due to an important meeting with union leaders in Washington, D.C.
“We couldn’t find any redeye flights and it was an important meeting at that time with these union leaders then in Washington, D.C.,” King said.
Documents downloaded from the U.S. Department of Justice’s website show that King and Haaland took a chartered flight from Santa Fe to Washington, D.C., in September 2014. The flight manifest lists the client as an LLC owned by Epstein, and emails indicate King asked Epstein directly to use his plane for the flight.
Despite these emails, King stated that former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arranged the flight for him, as he needed to attend a meeting for his gubernatorial run. “It was an important meeting at that time with these union leaders then in Washington, D.C. It was, I think, the National Education Association, and one of the big government employees unions and the firefighters and several that Bill Richardson knew well, so he was trying to help us to get that set up, so we just decided the best way to get there was to charter an airplane, a private jet,” King said.
King also mentioned he met Epstein in person only once. “The time that I met him, he called me because he had heard that my dad had passed away. And then he said that he wanted to meet with me and have coffee, and express his condolences for the loss of my dad. And so, we met in Santa Fe and had a cup of tea actually,” King said.
King reiterated he had no idea that the charter company or the plane were associated with Epstein. He also stated he returned any campaign contributions that Epstein or his associated companies donated to him during his multiple runs for office.
As for Richardson, who died in 2023, his attorneys and spokespeople have maintained that he was not friends with Epstein. They said Richardson and his wife had only been to Epstein’s ranch once. Richardson’s attorneys have also stated the former governor had been cooperating with federal investigators and that he was neither a subject, target, nor witness in the case.
