Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been moved from a Florida prison to a minimum-security facility in Texas, authorities have confirmed.The move comes as Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, has pressed the Supreme Court to overturn her conviction while also seeking a pardon from President Donald Trump.Earlier in July, Maxwell held two meetings with US Deputy US Attorney General, the details of which have not been made public. Maxwell has been at the centre of controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files, and the reasons for her transfer from the Florida prison are unclear. While speculation has been rife that Trump may pardon Maxwell, the White House has previously said “no leniency is being given or discussed”. The BBC has contacted the White House for comment on Maxwell’s move to Texas. “We can confirm Ghislaine Maxwell is in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas,” the BOP said in a statement on Friday.Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, confirmed the transfer but declined further comment. In a statement, the family of the late Virginia Giuffre – one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims – expressed their “horror and disgust” at what they described as the “preferential treatment” given to Ghislaine Maxwell.They further condemned the move as having been made “without any notification to Maxwell’s victims”.”This is the justice system failing victims right before our eyes,” the statement said. “The American public should be outraged by the special treatment afforded to a pedophile and a criminally charged child sex offender.”The facility, FPC Bryant, is located about 100 miles (160km) from the Texas capital of Austin. Like other federal prison camps, inmates at FPC Bryant are housed in dormitories, with a low staff-to-inmate ratio compared to other, more secure federal prisons. It houses inmates serving time for non-violent o …
