The Trump administration secretly broke prison rules to move convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to an easier facility, violating federal policy, according to a bombshell NBC News report.
Maxwell—Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accomplice—was transferred from a low-security federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, to a minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas, after she spent two days talking with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche about her ties to Epstein.
This move broke Bureau of Prisons rules that ban convicted sex offenders from being placed in minimum-security prisons. A prison insider told NBC’s Ken Dilanian: “I’ve never seen this done before for a sex offender.”
The Bureau of Prisons confirmed the transfer but refused to say whether it gave Maxwell a special waiver. Her lawyer also refused to comment.
Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for helping Epstein groom and traffic underage girls. Her sudden relocation followed reported threats from fellow inmates in Tallahassee after news broke that she had spoken with the feds.
Investigative reporter Julie K. Brown, whose reporting reignited the Epstein case, wasn’t surprised.
“She wouldn’t necessarily be safe anywhere… It is so easy to cover up a crime in jail. The cameras are broken, guards fall asleep—they are, for the most part, very corrupt,” she told The Daily Beast.
Maxwell’s new home in Bryan, Texas, is a minimum-security camp with dorm-style housing and far fewer restrictions. A source familiar with the facility told the Mail: “There is a different class of people at Bryan, so she is less likely to be attacked.”
The source added that Bryan is “a professionally run prison camp with a great warden, working cameras everywhere and properly trained staff.”
The camp is also home to high-profile inmates like Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and reality star Jen Shah. But critics say this is just another favor for someone with powerful connections.
The families of Epstein’s victims slammed the decision, saying it “smacks of a cover-up.”
Maxwell hasn’t given up fighting her case. She’s appealing her conviction, arguing that Epstein’s 2007 plea deal protects her, too. She has also reportedly asked for a pardon from Donald Trump—who has so far refused to rule it out.
Maxwell’s transfer raises serious questions about whether justice was served—or bought.
