Staffers for Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Robert Garcia (D-CA) traveled to the prison facility where Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is being held. The travel comes as part of an investigation into Maxwell’s transfer to the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan.
“Today, investigators from our Committees traveled to FPC Bryan, where Ghislaine Maxwell is serving her sentence, despite BOP policies barring sex offenders from this minimum-security facility absent a special waiver. We went to Camp Bryan seeking answers about Ms. Maxwell’s unprecedented transfer and VIP treatment,” a June 16 statement from the House Judiciary Democrats says.
“While the Camp Bryan staff provided an extensive tour of the grounds and programming of the facility, Bureau of Prisons leadership repeatedly shut down our lines of questioning or could not provide basic information about our central concerns, including Ms. Maxwell’s extraordinary treatment, allegations of sexual assault at the facility, and retaliation against inmates who tried to blow the whistle. We also have serious concerns about the accuracy and veracity of information received by our investigative staff.”
“The American people are tired of seeing the Trump Administration pamper a sex trafficker and obstruct Congress’s investigation into Attorney General Blanche’s role in ensuring Ms. Maxwell remains comfortable and quiet,” the statement read. “This investigation will continue.”
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche pledged before a Senate committee last month that the Justice Department will not recommend a pardon for Maxwell. Blanche made the commitment under questioning at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, his first congressional appearance since replacing former Attorney General Pam Bondi. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, pressed Blanche to rule out any DOJ advocacy for a Maxwell pardon or sentence commutation.
“Yes I can commit to that, of course,” Blanche told Van Hollen.
