Epstein associate Maxwell quietly moved from Florida to Texas prison
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was quietly transferred from a federal prison in Florida to a federal prison in Texas, according to a Bureau of Prisons official.
“Ghislaine Maxwell is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas,” BOP official Benjamin O'Cone confirmed Friday in an email to The Hill.
The move to Texas comes as Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking and is serving a 20-year prison sentence, and her legal team are appealing her case to the Supreme Court in hopes of having her conviction overturned.
Last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee subpoenaed Maxwell, asking for her testimony as the demand for President Trump’s administration to release more documents related to Epstein’s case continues.
Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, said her client would only speak to the committee if granted immunity, something the panel rejected.
Markus also asked for the questions directed to Maxwell to be submitted in advance and that any potential deposition be held after the nation’s highest court weighs in on her petition.
The Justice Department’s (DOJ) No. 2 official, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, spoke with Maxwell in Florida last week for more than nine hours over the course of two days.
The Trump administration has faced a backlash after an early-July joint memo from the DOJ and FBI said that Epstein, a convicted sex offender and disgraced financier, died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial in jail and that he did not keep a “client list.”
The news of Maxwell’s transfer was first reported by The New York Sun.
Federal Prison Camp Bryan is a minimum-security jail for female inmates and will likely offer better conditions for Maxwell. The facility is located around 95 miles northwest of Houston and can hold up to 635 inmates.