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BumRushDaShow

(173,225 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 09:11 AM 9 hrs ago

Trump's prison director fires back at outrage over luxury treatment of Epstein lackey

Source: Raw Story

June 18, 2026 7:22AM ET


President Donald Trump's director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons is firing back after a Democratic lawmaker accused the administration of giving luxury treatment to Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

Maxwell, who authorities said helped run Epstein's child trafficking operation for years, was controversially moved from a facility in Florida to an amenity-filled "prison camp" in Bryan, Texas generally reserved for low-level offenders, breaking the rules that usually would prohibit sex offenders from such a facility — right around the time the administration was trying to get her testimony to turn down the temperature on public outrage over the Epstein case files.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, broke down the apparent injustice of it all in an interview on CNN this week. "Oversight and Judiciary Dems visited Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison today, it is essentially a pristine park with fountains and ample green space," said Garcia, posting his reaction to X. "She’s the only convicted sex offender there ... this isn’t justice."

He demanded answers as to why then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, now Trump's acting attorney general and nominee for the permanent role, sent her to that facility. This comes amid separate reporting that prison staff at the Bryan facility refused to answer basic questions from lawmakers on the tour.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/ghislaine-maxwell-2677057617/

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displacedvermoter

(5,183 posts)
1. Ask Whitey Bulger about moving people around to enhance their security.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 09:24 AM
8 hrs ago

Well, actually you can't, he got beaten to death the day after he was moved...

wcmagumba

(6,864 posts)
2. If possible Maxwell needs to be put up on state charges for sex trafficking and tried in a state court...
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 09:37 AM
8 hrs ago

If convicted she should go to a state prison, not "Camp Fed". She is being pampered and not asked to testify under oath about Trump and Epstein...The stay in the Fed "Prison" with her own room and other amenities (like having a puppy) is a disgrace and cover up...May God help us all...I firmly believe Trump and other wealthy "Bros" are guilty of crimes related to trafficking and abuse of underage women and are seemingly escaping any repercussion from those crimes they committed.

mdbl

(8,934 posts)
4. I've been saying this since Dump was re-elected
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 10:58 AM
7 hrs ago

All justice should be out of the jurisdiction of the compromised DOJ.

FakeNoose

(42,883 posts)
7. Without Maxwell, Epstein had little access to young women and underaged girls
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 11:14 AM
7 hrs ago

She's the one who brought them in and groomed them. She created the network of teenage girls bringing in other girls to get access to money and/or promises of scholarships etc. Whether Maxwell participated in the sexual activities herself is irrelevant, but I believe she did participate. There are multiple witnesses who say that she did. She belongs in prison.

TexLaProgressive

(12,818 posts)
8. The Women's Federal prison in Bryan Texas was formerly Allen Academy
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 12:01 PM
6 hrs ago

It is certainly an easier place to be than the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Tallahassee federal prison. It does have a fence but pretty much looks like the former school that it was. When I was working I used to pass it by nearly every day. I will say that the fence is different from before. It was wrought iron pickets, now more secure with mesh and razor wire. Maybe they did that to protect Ghislaine from harm



Bengus81

(10,513 posts)
9. She has or had a DOG. That's not luxury treatment for a sex trafficking criminal?
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 12:14 PM
6 hrs ago

You damn fucking right it IS. But nice of those Trump humping asshats to try and flip it back on Robert Garcia. We know the TRUTH!

Kid Berwyn

(25,400 posts)
10. "I wish her well." -- Donald J Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:02 PM
5 hrs ago


When asked if Trump thought Ghislaine might implicate some of the 'powerful men' who formed part of Epstein’s jet set social circle, Trump replied “I don’t know – I haven’t really been following it too much.”

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2020/jul/22/donald-trump-on-ghislaine-maxwell-video-i-wish-her-well
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