Maxwell was pictured in the cushy Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas after being transferred under a cloak of secrecy.Christopher Bucktin United States Editor and Ryan Carroll Reporter
23:25, 21 Sep 2025
Maxwell was transferred last month from a tough Florida lock-up to Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas(Image: Mirrorpix / Matthew Symons)
Humiliated US prison chiefs have launched a major probe after a million-dollar bid to keep sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell hidden collapsed.
Maxwell was pictured in the cushy Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas after being transferred under a cloak of secrecy. Mirror sources said that US Attorney General Pam Bondi had personally assured US President Donald Trump that her transfer would not embarrass him.
Trump is under pressure over his friendship with Maxwell’s pal, paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. However, the emergence of an image from inside the sprawling minimum-security complex has blown those promises apart.
One insider said: “The President was told she would never come back to haunt him. He was assured by Pam Bondi that Maxwell would be buried in the system. It’s blown up in his face.”
Maxwell spotted with a yoga mat and her umbrella(Image: Matthew Symons)
Bondi, one of Trump’s closest allies, is said to be “furious and embarrassed” after the breach.
California Senator Adam Schiff yesterday hit out at the transfer, directing his anger at FBI head Kash Patel. The leading Democrat spoke after the disgraced socialite, 63, was moved just a week after speaking favourably of Trump after she was quizzed by US government lawyers.
Schiff said: “Kash Patel wants you to believe the Bureau of Prisons’ decision to move Epstein’s co-conspirator to a minimum security prison after her interview was… a coincidence. His false testimony is an insult to the intelligence of the American people.”
Maxwell and Epstein pictured in 2005(Image: Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Jail chiefs went to extraordinary lengths in order to conceal Maxwell. A million-dollar security operation was mounted, with dozens of officers drafted into Bryan equipped with semi-automatic rifles and tactical gear.
Prison bosses now face a grilling over how one of the world’s most infamous female inmates could be photographed.
A Department of Justice source said: “This was supposed to be airtight. It makes us look incompetent, and it makes her look untouchable.”
During his campaign for the White House, Trump pledged to release government files on Epstein, who died in 2019. But he has not done so, leading to claims he is sweeping it under the carpet due to his own friendship with the billionaire predator.
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