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Pam Bondi ordered to explain Ghislaine Maxwell prison move

Pam Bondi has been ordered to explain Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a minimum security prison amid claims she was given preferential treatment.

Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, was moved from Florida to the Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas shortly after she was interviewed by the Trump administration about the paedophile and his associates.

The British socialite, who is currently serving a 20-year jail sentence for procuring underage girls for Epstein, did not implicate Donald Trump in any wrongdoing during her two-day questioning with Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general.

The timing of Maxwell’s prison move after the interview has led to accusations that she received favourable treatment for not implicating the president.

Robert Garcia, who is leading the House oversight committee’s investigation into Epstein, has demanded Mrs Bondi, Mr Trump’s attorney general, explain why Maxwell was transferred.

“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,” he said.

“We’re demanding Pam Bondi and the DoJ [department of justice] 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, which released Epstein’s infamous birthday book that included a bawdy note from the president, gave Mrs Bondi until Oct 30 to provide a response.

Mr Trump faced backlash from supporters for his own association with Epstein and the botched release of the so-called client list, which he insists does not exist.

The US Justice Department closed the case on Epstein earlier this year, ruling there was “no incriminating client list” or any evidence that Epstein may have blackmailed prominent people.

Maxwell’s lawyers capitalised on the political pressure by offering her cooperation in the efforts to dispel speculation and pledging to testify before congress should he pardon her.

Since then, her quest for freedom suffered a huge setback earlier this month when the Supreme Court judges rejected her appeal.

Maxwell’s lawyers argue that her conviction is invalid, saying a plea agreement made with Epstein in Florida in 2007, which shields his associates, should have barred her criminal prosecution in New York.

In theory, the decision by the US’ highest court of appeal means her only hope of an early release is through a pardon, which the president has so far refused to grant.

Maxwell now waits for a pardon in her Texas prison cell, which is home to more than 500 inmates, most of whom are serving time for non-violent offences and white-collar crimes.
According to the prison handbook, life at the prison is centred around work, with inmates earning up to $1.15 an hour for their jobs – many of which involve food service and factory work.

Beyond work, inmates may take classes on foreign languages and business skills, play sports, watch television and attend religious services, the handbook states.

The Epstein case has long been the subject of conspiracy theories, with many believing the disgraced financier sex trafficked underage women to a circle of high-profile associates.

Theories intensified when the Trump administration refused to publish documents held by the government on Epstein.

Kash Patel, the director of the FBI, said in congressional testimony on Sept 16 that there was no credible information that Epstein trafficked women and underage girls to anyone but himself.

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