Report: Ghislaine Maxwell wins prison concession
Ghislaine Maxwell was moved from a Florida prison to a more comfortable one in Texas , according to a new report. Jeffrey Epstein 's associate was serving a 20-year sentence for sexual trafficking in a low security Tallahassee prison but was moved to the minimum security Federal Prison Camp Bryan in southeast Texas this week, The New York Sun reported.
Maxwell, 63, reportedly spent some time in a federal prison in Oakdale in Louisiana before she was moved to Texas. The disgraced British socialite will now be held in the same prison as Theranos scammer Elizabeth Holmes and former Real Housewife of Salt Lake City Jen Shah.
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 is reportedly pushing for a pardon from president Donald Trump .
Maxwell's lawyers said she would testify 'openly and honestly' to Congress in exchange for a pardon. 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.'
