AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - New Mexico lawmakers launch sweeping investigation into Epstein ranch
New Mexico lawmakers launched an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's former Zorro Ranch Tuesday over allegations the late convicted sex offender trafficked and sexually abused girls and women at the nearly 10,000-acre property outside Santa Fe. The big picture: It's "critical" that the first full investigation into what happened at the ranch provides a platform to "uncover the truth" about what happened there and for survivors to see justice, state Rep. Andrea Romero (D) tells Axios. Driving the news: It's "extremely important" that lawmakers learn what happened at the ranch after the case had for "many years" been "mishandled and pushed out of the purview," said Romero, a co-sponsor of the bipartisan bill that unanimously passed in the…