Attorney General Pam Bondi told members of Congress on Tuesday that Ghislaine Maxwell “will hopefully die in prison,” after she was pressed on the allegations that Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator was getting special treatment from the administration, including a controversial transfer to a minimum security prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n Maxwell, who is 64, has been incarcerated since her arrest in July 2020 and would be in her mid-to-late 70s when her sentence ends.<\/p>\n Bondi, who clashed with Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee when asked questions related to the Epstein investigation, however, said she could not say who ordered Maxwell’s transfer to a lower security prison and tried to change the subject.<\/p>\n Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee, February 11, 2026 in Washington.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Roberto Schmidt\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rep. Deborah Ross, D-N.C., brought up the transfer during the heated hearing and sought out answers, specifically who signed off on the move.<\/p>\n Maxwell was moved from FCI Tallahassee in Florida, a “low security” prison for men and women, to FPC Bryan in Texas, a “minimum security” camp just for women, two weeks after she had a private meeting<\/a> with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.<\/p>\n Trump has been asked about possibly pardoning Maxwell, but the president has said no one had approached him, though he reiterated his power to grant one.<\/p>\n Blanche, Trump’s former personal attorney, has not responded to letters from Democrats in Congress seeking more details<\/a> about the move.<\/p>\n “She should not be in that prison,” Ross said. “She needs to be moved back to a maximum security prison as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee, February 11, 2026 in Washington.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Will Oliver\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The congresswoman noted that Maxwell, who is challenging her 2021 conviction and 20-year sentence for child sex trafficking and other offenses, told another congressional committee she won’t cooperate unless she gets clemency<\/a> from the president.<\/p>\n Ross asked Bondi if Blanche or one of her other subordinates approved the transfer, but the attorney general didn’t directly answer.<\/p>\n “I learned after the fact,” Bondi said of the transfer. “That is a question for the Bureau of Prisons. I was not involved at that at all,” she added.<\/p>\n Bondi then scolded Ross and changed the subject, bringing up a September homicide<\/a> of a woman in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the congresswoman’s home state.<\/p>\n “You know instead of talking about Ghislaine Maxwell, who will hopefully die in prison, hopefully will die in prison, you should be talking about Iryna Zarutska<\/a>,” she said.<\/p>\n Ross asked again if the president should pardon or commute Maxwell’s sentence.<\/p>\n “Should she be released from prison, yes or no? You said she should die in prison, so I’m hoping the answer is no,” the congresswoman said.<\/p>\n “I already answered the question,” Bondi responded, before scolding Ross again for not discussing Zarutska’s murder.<\/p>\n![\"Bureau](\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/aa9df91a-b1e4-451b-94dc-85e92f64df90\/pam-bondi-16-gty-gmh-260211_1770827068865_hpMain.jpg?w=375 "\\"Bureau")
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