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Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell quietly moved out of Florida federal prison
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, has quietly been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a lower-security facility in Texas, a federal Bureau of Prisons official confirmed Aug, 1.
The transfer comes as Maxwell’s attorneys are pressing the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her conviction while also seeking a pardon or commutation for her from President Donald Trump in exchange for her cooperation in the Epstein investigation and broader sex trafficking issues.
Maxwell spent two days last week talking to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche – Trump’s former personal defense lawyer – at a courthouse near the Tallahassee prison where she was serving a 20-year prison sentence for Epstein-related sex trafficking.
“We can confirm, Ghislaine Maxwell is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas,” BOP Inmate Locator official Benjamin O'Cone said in an email to USA TODAY. The New York Sun newspaper first reported the transfer.
Maxwell attorney David Oscar Markus also confirmed to USA TODAY that, “Ghislaine was moved to Bryan Texas but we have no other comment” as to why the transfer was made and who requested it.
Donald Murphy, a Bureau of Prisons spokesman, told USA TODAY that, "While we cannot speak specifically to the circumstances relating to any incarcerated individual's designation or re-designation BOP institution, we can share that the BOP designates individuals to institutions based on several factors."
"Those factors include the level of security and supervision the inmate requires, any medical or programming needs, separation, and security measures to ensure the individual's protection, and other considerations, including proximity to an individual's release residence," Murphy added. "The same criteria apply when making decisions for both initial designations and re-designations for transfer to a new facility."
The move sparked concern from the family of one of Maxwell’s most vocal accusers, the late Virginia Giuffre, that the transfer is part of an undisclosed deal between the Justice Department and the Trump administration. In recent days, they have expressed worry that Trump and presidential-appointed leaders inside DOJ are trying to silence Maxwell without receiving any input from potentially hundreds of accusers who say she and Epstein sexually abused them and forced them to have sex with prominent men whom authorities have not been publicly identified.
“The family is scrambling right now to figure out what’s going on,” spokeswoman Dini von Mueffling told USA TODAY. “They don’t understand why this is happening.”
After learning about the transfer details, Giuffre's family − and two other alleged Maxwell and Epstein victims − issued a statement excoriating the administration for the move.
"President Trump has sent a clear message today: Pedophiles deserve preferential treatment and their victims do not matter," said the statement by Giuffre's surviving siblings and also Annie and Maria Farmer.
The New York Times recently reported that Maria Farmer, a former Epstein employee, told law enforcement in 1996 that she encountered Trump in Epstein's New York office and Epstein told Trump "No, no. She’s not here for you.” Annie Farmer, one of several women identified in Epstein's criminal case as a victim, has charged that the disgraced financier acted inappropriately with her when she was 15.
"It is with horror and outrage that we object to the preferential treatment convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has received. Ghislaine Maxwell is a sexual predator who physically assaulted minor children on multiple occasions, and she should never be shown any leniency," the statement by the families and alleged victims said.
"Yet, without any notification to the Maxwell victims, the government overnight has moved Maxwell to a minimum security luxury prison in Texas. This is the justice system failing victims right before our eyes. … This move smacks of a cover up. The victims deserve better."
The prison swap is the latest development in the growing controversy over Trump’s relationship with Maxwell and Epstein, who died by suicide while in custody awaiting trial in 2019. On July 30, Giuffre’s surviving siblings and their spouses issued a lengthy statement calling for Maxwell to remain in prison and urging the Trump administration to release all documents in the case that are in the Justice Department’s possession.
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