Judiciary Democrats Demand Answers Following Trump DOJ’s Sudden Transfer of Convicted Child Abuser and Epstein Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell After Interview with Top DOJ Official
Democrats Seek Release of Maxwell Interview Transcript and Related Materials and Note That Trump Administration May Have Violated DOJ, BOP Policies to Transfer Epstein’s Accomplice to Minimum-Security Prison Camp
Washington,
D.C. (August 13, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House
Judiciary Committee, led Committee Democrats in sending a letter
to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director
William K. Marshall III pressing for answers regarding the unusual and
abrupt transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell from a more restrictive BOP
facility to a minimum security facility in Texas, amid concerns that the
Trump Administration may be attempting to coax favorable testimony or
strategic silence from Maxwell—Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice and
co-conspirator—in order to cover up the full extent of the relationship
between Trump and Epstein.
“These actions
raise substantial concerns that the Administration may now be attempting
to tamper with a crucial witness, conceal President Trump’s
relationship with convicted sex offenders, and coax Ms. Maxwell into
providing false or misleading testimony in order to protect the
President. The transfer also appears to violate both DOJ and Bureau of
Prisons (BOP) policies. We write to demand DOJ and BOP provide all
documents and information related to Deputy Attorney General Blanche’s
interview of Ms. Maxwell and the sudden decision to transfer her to a
facility with lower security and greater freedom for inmates, which was,
prior to this extraordinary transfer, categorically off-limits to sex
offenders,” wrote the Members.
Reports on August 1 revealed that Maxwell, who had been serving a 20-year
prison sentence in Florida for exploiting and sexually abusing underage
girls, was transferred to an all-women prison camp in Texas, which is
listed as one of the “Best Jails in America to Serve Time.”
The unexplained transfer of Maxwell to a lower-security and more comfortable facility came amid the Trump Administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files and less than a week after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, President Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer, met with Maxwell and her attorney behind closed doors with no line prosecutors present. DOJ’s decision to arrange multiple private meetings with Maxwell raises concerns of conflicts of interest, witness tampering, and suborning of false testimony.
The transfer also appears to
violate BOP policy, which mandates that a person of convicted of sex
trafficking, like Maxwell, universally warrant a Public Safety Factor
(PSF) designation as a “Sex Offender” and are ineligible to serve their
sentence at a minimum-security facility like the one in Texas that
allows “access to the community.”
Judiciary
Democrats demanded the DOJ and BOP provide information, documents, and
communications regarding Maxwell’s transfer and her interview with
Deputy Attorney General Blanche.
“It is imperative that the Administration come clean regarding the full scope of Mr. Blanche’s interview of Ms. Maxwell and the sudden decision to transfer her to a minimum-security prison camp. The Committee must have access to all documents and information regarding these actions to assess whether DOJ officials and the President have abused prosecutorial and law enforcement resources to shield the President and mislead the public,” concluded the Members.
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