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Ghislaine Maxwell moved from Florida prison to lower-security facility in Texas
The US Bureau of Prisons (BOP) says Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved to a lower-security prison in Texas to continue serving her 20-year sentence for helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls. Maxwell's transfer from a Florida prison on Friday, local time, comes a week after she met with Deputy US Attorney General Todd Blanche, who said he wanted to speak with her about anyone else who may have been involved in Epstein's crimes. Maxwell's lawyer, David Markus, confirmed she was moved from FCI Tallahassee to the federal prison camp in Bryan but said he had no other comment. Spokespeople for the Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Bureau of Prisons classifies camps such as Bryan as minimum-security institutions, the lowest of five security levels in the federal system. Such facilities have limited or no perimeter fencing. Low-security facilities such as FCI Tallahassee have double-fenced perimeters and higher staff-to-inmate ratios than camps, according to the bureau. Asked why Maxwell was transferred, BOP spokesperson Donald Murphy said he could not comment on the specifics of any incarcerated individual's prison assignment. He said the BOP determines where inmates are sent based on factors including "the level of security and supervision the inmate requires". Mr Blanche's meeting with Maxwell came as President Donald Trump faces pressure from conservative supporters and congressional Democrats to release more information from the Department of Justice's investigations of Maxwell and Epstein. The department is seeking court approval to release transcripts of law enforcement officers' testimony before the grand juries that indicted Maxwell and Epstein. Such transcripts are usually kept secret. Two federal judges in Manhattan are weighing the government's requests. Lawyers for Maxwell, Epstein, and their alleged victims are due to share their positions on the potential unsealing with the judges in filings on Tuesday. Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. He had pleaded not guilty. Neither Mr Markus nor Mr Blanche has provided detailed accounts of what they discussed. Mr Markus has said Maxwell would welcome relief from Mr Trump, who has said he had not thought about whether to pardon her. Maxwell was found guilty at a 2021 trial of recruiting and grooming girls for Epstein to abuse. She had pleaded not guilty and is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn her conviction. ABC/Reuters
News.com.au
3 hours ago
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Tesla ordered to pay $US242 million in Autopilot death
A Florida jury on Friday ordered Tesla to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to plaintiffs who blamed a deadly 2019 crash on the company's 'Autopilot' driver assistance technology. The jury found Tesla's system partly responsible for a crash in Key Largo that killed Naibel Benavides Leon and injured her boyfriend, Dillon Angulo, according to attorney Darren Jeffrey Rousso, a partner at the law firm that represented Angulo and Leon's family. The plaintiffs had alleged that Autopilot was to blame when driver George McGee's Tesla careened into a Chevrolet sport utility vehicle, killing Leon and injuring Angulo. The jury awarded $US200 million ($309 million) in punitive damages, plus $US59 million ($91 million) in compensatory damages to Leon's family and $US70 million ($108 million) in damages to Angulo, according to court records. Since the jury assigned one-third of the blame to Tesla, the compensatory damages will be reduced, Rousso said, with the total impact of the jury award totalling $US242 million ($374 million) after these reductions. 'Justice was done,' Mr Rousso said. 'The jury heard all the evidence and came up with a fair and just verdict on behalf of our clients.' Tesla will appeal the decision, according to its defense attorneys. 'Today's verdict is wrong and only works to set back automotive safety and jeapordise Tesla's and the entire industry's efforts to develop and implement lifesaving technology,' Tesla said through its legal team. 'The evidence has always shown that this driver was solely at fault because he was speeding, with his foot on the accelerator — which overrode Autopilot — as he rummaged for his dropped phone without his eyes on the road. 'To be clear, no car in 2019, and none today, would have prevented this crash. This was never about Autopilot.'
News.com.au
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Trump sends nuclear subs towards Russia over ‘provocative statements'
Donald Trump has ordered two US nuclear submarines to be moved closer to Russia in response to 'highly provocative statements' from the nation's former President Dmitry Medvedev. Mr Medvedev, now deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, taunted Mr Trump and his threats towards Russia over a Ukraine ceasefire, in a post on X earlier this week, writing 'each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war'. Taking to Truth Social on Friday, Mr Trump announced he had 'ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that'. 'Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances,' he added, without revealing the location of the submarines. Mr Trump didn't say whether a specific statement from Medvedev prompted the retaliation, as the Kremlin official has been on an anti-American tirade for weeks. The President also didn't specify whether he referred to nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed submarines. The location of submarines is usually kept secret by the military, so the public may never know where or whether the ships will be moved. Mr Trump's threat is the first time he's suggested using the nuclear option in his battle with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has defied America's warnings about continuing Russia's war on Ukraine.
