Washington, D.C. (November 10, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Donald Trump demanding that he answer inquiries from the Committee and make Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche available for a public hearing in light of documents and information received by the Committee showing that under Dr. Tanisha Hall, the warden of Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan, the federal law enforcement staff working at the camp have been waiting on Ms. Maxwell hand and foot. Whistleblower information provided to the Committee also indicates that Ghislaine Maxwell is working on filing a “Commutation Application” with the Trump Administration—demonstrating either that Ms. Maxwell is herself requesting to be released from her 20-year prison sentence for her role as a co-conspirator in Jeffrey Epstein’s international child sex trafficking ring, or that this child sex predator now holds such tremendous sway in the second Trump Administration that Trump and his own DOJ will follow her clemency recommendations.
“You have claimed to be the ‘most transparent’ president in history and have insisted you exercise close control over the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Yet, you have adamantly refused to release the Epstein files despite campaigning on their release. You lied when you denied authoring a lewd and incriminating birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein, and you ridiculously claimed that your own unmistakable signature on that note was not your signature. You shut down the DOJ’s ongoing investigation into Epstein’s co-conspirators, and you expressly declined to rule out pardoning his main accomplice, convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. The situation looks more and more suspicious to growing bipartisan majorities in Congress every day. The House Committee on the Judiciary has now received whistleblower information indicating that this cover up goes even further into DOJ and BOP than was known before,” wrote Ranking Member Raskin to President Trump.
In August, Judiciary Democrats wrote to the DOJ and Bureau of Prisons (BOP) regarding the Trump Administration’s inexplicable transfer of Ms. Maxwell to FPC Bryan, a plum minimum-security facility, in apparent flagrant violation of BOP policies, including one that explicitly prohibits the placement of sex offenders in such facilities. DOJ and BOP arranged this transfer after Deputy Attorney General Blanche interviewed Ms. Maxwell over a two-day period in July, during which Ms. Maxwell, claimed she never saw Trump “in any inappropriate setting in any way,” and she also testified “that there was nothing from President Trump” in Mr. Epstein’s 50th birthday book—all proven to be lies. She also repeated, unchallenged by Mr. Blanche, many of the same lies that led the Trump DOJ to charge her with perjury in 2020. The favorable treatment by the Trump Administration has not ended there.
In October, Judiciary Democrats fired off a letter to FPC Bryan Warden Dr. Tanisha Hall after public reports indicated the Epstein co-conspirator has received special treatment since her transfer. The subsequent whistleblower disclosure received by Judiciary Democrats shows that Warden Hall has been heaping favorable treatment on Ms. Maxwell since her arrival. For instance:
- Ms. Maxwell’s meals have been customized and prepared by federal prison camp staff and then personally delivered to her in her cell by longtime federal employees;
- When Ms. Maxwell wanted to arrange a private meeting with visitors, including members of her family, the Warden personally arranged it for her—and then provided a special cordoned off area for visitors to arrive, as well as an assortment of snacks and refreshments for her guests;
- Ms. Maxwell’s guests were permitted to bring computers—an unprecedented action by the Warden given the security risk and potential for Ms. Maxwell to use a computer to conduct unmonitored communications with the outside world;
- When the phone lines went down for other inmates at the camp, Ms. Maxwell provided specific instructions about exactly which BOP personnel her contacts should call, and how those BOP personnel would then connect to relay the call to Ms. Maxwell;
- When Ms. Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents quickly, she essentially used Warden Hall as her personal secretary and administrative assistant. Ms. Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the Warden, who would provide them to Ms. Maxwell, who would then review and edit them and provide them back to the Warden to scan and provide to the original sender. For other inmates, simple mail can take weeks to arrive and is frequently lost;
- An inmate who trains puppies to become service dogs was instructed to provide one to Maxwell for a time so she could play with the puppy, even though neither inmates nor staff are ordinarily allowed to pet the service dogs in training; and,
- When Ms. Maxwell wanted to go to the prison exercise area, she was personally escorted there after hours by prison guards so she could work out by herself and was allowed to enjoy recreation time in staff-only areas.
While being catered to by federal law enforcement officials while at Bryan, Ms. Maxwell has also been working on what appears to be the second part of the quid pro quo. She is preparing a “Commutation Application” for the Trump Administration to review. The Warden herself is directly helping Ms. Maxwell copy, print, and send documents related to this application. The exact content of this “Commutation Application” is unclear.
“The time has come to cease any coy or sly answers about granting clemency to a convicted child sex predator. I am demanding answers to these three questions. First, have you discussed a potential commutation—or any form of presidential clemency—for Ms. Maxwell with Mr. Blanche, his underlings or anyone else in your Administration? Second, have you directed Mr. Blanche or anyone else in your Administration to provide Ms. Maxwell with the transfer to the prison camp, favorable and preferential treatment in prison, or special accommodations for her communications and interaction with her family and the outside world? Third, what has Ms. Maxwell, her attorneys, family or representatives promised you or your attorneys?” continued Ranking Member Raskin.
Click here to read the letter to Trump.
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