Ghislaine Maxwell was quietly moved from a Florida prison to a more comfortable one in Texas this week, as she campaigns for a pardon from President Donald Trump.
Jeffrey Epstein’s associate was serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking in a low security Tallahassee prison but was moved on Thursday to the minimum security Federal Prison Camp Bryan in southeast Texas, The New York Sun first reported.
Maxwell’s lawyer confirmed to DailyMail.com that she was moved from the Tallahassee prison on Thursday.
The 63-year-old convicted sex trafficker reportedly spent some time in a federal prison in Oakdale in Louisiana before she was moved to the Texas facility.
The disgraced British socialite is now in the same prison as Theranos scammer Elizabeth Holmes and former Real Housewife of Salt Lake City Jen Shah.
Maxwell’s new home mostly holds white-collar criminals and, unlike the Tallahassee facility, is only for female criminals.
She will now be able to purchase beauty and leisure items from the commissary, including make-up and crochet and sewing kits.
Maxwell’s lawyer declined to reveal the reason for the move when reached by The New York Times.
Ghislaine Maxwell was reportedly moved from a Florida prison to a more comfortable one in Texas this week
Maxwell was previously held at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee. She is seen running there on July 8
The disgraced British socialite will now be held in the same prison as Theranos scammer Elizabeth Holmes, seen right in February at the prison
The transfer was handled by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which was unusual, as transfers are usually led by the US Marshals Service.
The move comes as Maxwell’s lawyers are pushing for a pardon from Trump, who has not publicly ruled it out.
Maxwell’s lawyers said she would testify ‘openly and honestly’ to Congress in exchange for a pardon or immunity.
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Maxwell last week, with a deposition date set for August 11.
But her lawyer David Oscar Markus said she would invoke her 5th Amendment right and decline to testify is her conditions, which include immunity, were not met.
‘Ms. Maxwell cannot risk further criminal exposure in a politically charged environment without formal immunity. Nor is a prison setting conducive to eliciting truthful and complete testimony,’ Markus said
On Monday, Trump was asked about a potential pardon and replied: ‘Well, I’m allowed to give her a pardon, but nobody’s approached me with it.’
Last week, Maxwell sat for hours answering questions by Justice Department officials about Jeffrey Epstein.
Last week, Maxwell sat for hours answering questions by Justice Department officials about her former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein
Maxwell will now be able to purchase beauty and leisure items from the commissary, including make-up and crochet and sewing kits
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche flew down to Florida to sit-down in person with the convicted child sex trafficking offender as the MAGA base demands answers on her knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes amid claims of a ‘cover-up.’
Her lawyer Markus said Maxwell ‘was asked maybe about 100 different people.’
‘The deputy attorney general is seeking the truth,’ Markus said. ‘He asked every possible question, and he was doing an amazing job.’
Last month the Justice Department said it would not release more files related to the Epstein investigation, despite promises that claimed otherwise from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
The department also said an Epstein client list does not exist, angering the MAGA movement who expected president Trump to release all the information about the Epstein case.
Maxwell is the only person in prison connected to Epstein’s sex trafficking.
She is appealing her conviction, based on the government’s pledge years ago that any potential Epstein co-conspirators would not be charged, Markus said.
The pledge was made when Epstein struck a deal with federal prosecutors in 2008 that shifted his case to Florida state court, where he pleaded guilty to soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution.
