Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to lower-security prison in Texas
, the associate of
Jeffrey Epstein
who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, has been transferred from a federal prison in Florida to a lower-security facility in Texas, the US Bureau of Prisons said on Friday.
'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,' a representative for the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement.
Maxwell's attorney, David Oscar Markus, also confirmed the transfer but declined further comment. FPC Bryan is described as a 'minimum security federal prison camp' that houses 635 female inmates.
According to the Bureau of Prisons' inmate locator, the Texas facility is also home to
Elizabeth Holmes
, the disgraced former chief executive of the California-based blood-testing company Theranos, who is serving a lengthy sentence for fraud. Real Housewives of Salt Lake City TV star Jen Shah is also serving time there for fraud.
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Maxwell's move from FCI Tallahassee, a low-security prison, to the federal prison camp in Bryan comes roughly a week after she was interviewed in Florida over two days about the Epstein case by the deputy US attorney general, Todd Blanche, who is also one of
Donald Trump
's former lawyers.
Mr Blanche had said that he wanted to speak with Maxwell – who was sentenced in 2022 for sex trafficking and other related crimes – to see if she might have 'information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims'.
Details of that meeting have not been made public but Maxwell's lawyer described it as 'very productive' and that Maxwell answered the questions 'honestly, truthfully, to the best of her ability'.
The interview took place amid growing political and public pressure on the Trump administration to release additional federal documents related to the Epstein case – a case which has, for years, been the subject of countless conspiracy theories.
Earlier in July the justice department drew bipartisan criticism and backlash after announcing it would not be releasing any more documents from the investigation into the late Epstein, who died in prison in New York in 2019 while awaiting federal trial. This was despite earlier pledges to release more files, by the US president and the US attorney general, Pam Bondi.
Last week the House of Representatives committee on oversight and government reform subpoenaed Maxwell to testify via deposition later this month. In response, Maxwell's lawyer sent a letter to lawmakers this week stating that Maxwell was willing to testify but only if certain conditions are met, including being granted immunity. In that same letter, Maxwell also made a plea for clemency.
But on Friday, the House indefinitely postponed that deposition.
Meanwhile, Maxwell has petitioned the US supreme court to overturn her conviction. – Guardian service
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