Ghislaine Maxwell moved from Florida prison to lower-security facility in Texas
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.
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