Another Epstein cover-up? Source says Ghislaine Maxwell shifted to 'minimum security' prison after meeting top Trump aide

Ghislaine Maxwell, the right hand person of the late sex offender and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has been transferred to a more comfortable in Bryan, Texas, reports the Daily Beast. She was serving her time in a low-security facility in Tallahassee, Florida.

But Why was Ghislaine Maxwell quietly moved?

Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. She was moved in August after a visit from US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche, who is the second highest ranking official in the department of justice.

Top notch security for Maxwell in prison

Sam Mangel, a former inmate and prison consultant for high-profile figures like Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro, told the Daily Beast Podcast that the Bureau of Prisons is taking extra steps to keep everything about Maxwell’s time in Bryan prison camp a secret and that inmates were warned of discussing any type of information regarding Maxwell.

“When they go into a prison, anybody of that type of stature or fame, inmates tend to be very curious. They want to almost live vicariously through them. And many of the staff tend to be very deferential to them because they understand who they are and who their friends might be. In this case with Ms. Maxwell, it is completely different. They were warned, the inmates and the staff were warned prior to her coming in that under no circumstances are they to disclose anything that happens with her or to her or surrounding her during her time at Bryan,” Mangel said.

He claimed that the warnings were serious, staff were afraid and even AI was helping out the case of Maxvell's privacy. “In one case, there was one inmate that told somebody—a journalist—something about her. And this young lady was a friend of one of my clients and she had a very short sentence. Keeping in mind, prison phones and email are subject to being monitored. So you know for sure they have an AI system that is just looking for the name Maxwell. And as soon as this other inmate made the statement, she was whisked off that night to Houston Federal Detention Center, which is a maximum security facility. The sentiment is one of walking on ice. They’re afraid, as the staff is afraid, to do anything wrong because they know that in order for her to have gotten there, the strings at the highest possible level.”

Bryan not a jail for sex offenders

The move to Bryan came with unusual steps. Normally, inmates with sexual crime convictions face strict rules that prevent transfers to minimum-security camps like Bryan.

“Anything involving a sexual act is the most serious—or one of the most serious—public safety factors someone can have on them, and that specifically precludes an individual from serving their time in a camp,” Mangel explained. “I’ve helped thousands of people… They will not waive that public safety factor. So getting your transfer to a camp is crazy.”

Maxwell is now in a dorm-style facility closer to her family that houses other high-profile inmates.

Was transferring Maxwell a strategic move?

Mangel suggested that the transfer was influenced by Maxwell's branched out connections in the criminal world. Violent offenders at the Tallahassee facility posed risks, and Maxwell’s cooperation with authorities may have triggered the move. “I truly believe that once she started cooperating, the Bureau of Prisons had to move her. It was the only solution for the Bureau of Prisons if their goal was to keep her safe and alive. If they moved her to another low-security facility, they would have had the same challenges,” he said.

BOP director William Marshall and deputy director Joshua Smith, both appointed by Trump, were reportedly involved in facilitating the transfer. “So it’s my understanding that the directive to move her to a minimum security camp, Bryan, came from well above their heads,” Mangel said.

The transfer followed Maxwell’s lengthy interview with Trump-appointed deputy attorney General Todd Blanche, sparking speculation about a potential deal with the administration. US President Donald Trump earlier hinted at the possibility of a pardon to Maxwell as well.