House Democrats are demanding answers about the sudden transfer of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to a lower-security prison in Texas, saying the move creates “the strong appearance” of an effort “to cover up the full extent of the relationship between President [Donald] Trump and [Jeffrey] Epstein,” a convicted sex offender.
Maxwell, a longtime associate of Epstein, recently sat for questioning with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney. Days later, she was abruptly moved out of her Florida prison into Federal Prison Camp Bryan, in Texas, which is listed among the “Best Jails in America to Serve Time,” according to one industry publication.
That transfer raised red flags for House Judiciary Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member J