Lawmakers Demand Bondi Explain Maxwell’s Prison Transfer Following Interview With Trump Official

Lawmakers are demanding answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi after Ghislaine Maxwell was quietly moved to a minimum-security prison shortly after being interviewed by a top Trump official.

Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for trafficking underage girls to Jeffrey Epstein, was transferred from Florida to Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas. The move came days after a two-day interview with Todd Blanche, Donald Trump’s deputy attorney general, during which she declined to implicate the president or any of his associates.

Now, members of the House Oversight Committee are pressing Bondi and the Department of Justice to explain the circumstances of the transfer — and why the agency continues to delay the release of Epstein-related documents.

“Each day Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice fail to comply with our subpoena to release the full Epstein files is another day Donald Trump continues his White House cover-up,” said Rep. Robert Garcia, the committee’s lead investigator.

“We’re demanding Pam Bondi and the DoJ comply with our subpoena, stop protecting paedophiles, and fulfill their legally-bound commitment so our Committee can review the full Epstein files. We will not stop fighting until we get the truth and those implicated are held accountable.”

The committee has given Bondi until October 30 to respond.

The Oversight panel is investigating how Epstein operated his trafficking network and whether powerful figures were protected by the Justice Department. In a letter sent Thursday, Garcia accused the DOJ of “failing to provide any substantive or insightful information” about what materials remain in the department’s possession or when more documents would be released.

The controversy around Maxwell’s prison transfer has only fueled suspicions. Federal Prison Camp Bryan is a minimum-security facility housing more than 500 inmates, many convicted of white-collar crimes and non-violent offenses. According to the prison’s handbook, inmates work jobs earning as little as $1.15 an hour, and have access to business classes, foreign language lessons, TV, and recreational activities.

It’s a far cry from the high-security lockups where most sex traffickers serve their time — and critics say the move sends the wrong message.

The Department of Justice, now under Bondi’s leadership, shut down the Epstein case earlier this year, declaring there was “no incriminating client list” and “no evidence Epstein blackmailed anyone.” That conclusion has been met with deep skepticism, especially given the refusal to release the full set of Epstein-related files.

The House committee has already released portions of Epstein’s so-called birthday book, which included notes to and from high-profile individuals, including Trump. The president has denied wrongdoing and claims the infamous “client list” doesn’t exist.

Maxwell’s lawyers have attempted to use the political tension to their advantage, offering her cooperation in exchange for a potential presidential pardon. They’ve even said she’d testify before Congress — if granted clemency.

So far, no pardon has come. And earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Maxwell’s final appeal, effectively ending her legal fight for release. Her team had argued that a 2007 plea deal between Epstein and federal prosecutors should have shielded her from prosecution — an argument the court declined to take up.

With legal options exhausted, a presidential pardon now remains Maxwell’s only realistic path to freedom.

Meanwhile, members of Congress continue to accuse the DOJ of dragging its feet, with Garcia warning that the committee will not back down.

“The American people deserve to know who was involved, who was protected, and why justice was delayed,” he said. “This isn’t going away.”