Maxwell Jail Buddy Shares What She Was Told About Epstein
As convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell pushes for the Supreme Court to overturn her sentence, details emerging from inside her Florida prison raise disturbing questions about her post-conviction connections—and her inexplicably favorable treatment from the Biden Justice Department.
Maxwell, the disgraced British socialite who enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s underage sex-trafficking operation, is reportedly thriving behind bars, according to Jessica Watkins, a former Oath Keeper who briefly shared a cell block with her. Watkins, whose 8.5-year sentence for her role in the January 6 Capitol protest was commuted by President Donald Trump earlier this year, described her frequent interactions with Maxwell at the low-security facility.
“I did a double take, because I recognized her face immediately from the news,” Watkins recalled. “I was like, ‘Is that who I think it is?’”
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View PlansWatkins said Maxwell made an effort to stay low-profile, rarely discussing her case. But when Epstein’s name did surface, the exchange was chilling.
“She did say that the DOJ had no interest in her until after, her exact words were ‘until after Jeffrey,’ and then she paused for a second and said ‘died,’” Watkins told The Daily Mail.
Looks like @DailyMail was paying attention to my tweets yesterday. A few minor details are wrong (we lived in an open dorm, so we were never cellmates), but they got it mostly right.https://t.co/ksrfZcvoGO
— J6er: Jessica Watkins (@J6ssicaWatkins) July 15, 2025
Despite her conviction for grooming and abusing minors, Maxwell appeared surprisingly comfortable in prison, reportedly offering legal advice to other inmates and holding law library sessions.
“She seemed very at ease, very calm and approachable,” Watkins said, noting that both she and Maxwell kept their distance from the drug-fueled culture of the prison population. “We avoided most of the inmates [because] they were high all the time... [Maxwell] would gravitate towards people who were also sober.”
Her composed demeanor raises red flags for former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg, who noted the odd optics of Maxwell’s behavior and the DOJ’s unexpected leniency.
“The other inmates know who she is and why she’s behind bars,” Aronberg told Fox News Digital. “I’m sure a lot of the other inmates have their hands out. They want the commissary money. They want a free education from her, whatever she can provide.”
But what’s truly raising eyebrows is Maxwell’s recent private meeting with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche—President Trump’s own former attorney—now serving under Biden’s DOJ. Blanche reportedly met with Maxwell for nearly two days at a federal courthouse in Tallahassee, during which she was questioned about “around 100 different people,” according to her attorney David Oscar Markus.
“She never invoked a privilege,” Markus said. “She never refused to answer a question, so we’re very proud of her.”
The nature of this meeting has stirred outrage from legal observers who wonder why a convicted sex offender would receive that kind of access to one of the top officials at the Department of Justice.
“This is a convicted sex trafficker,” Aronberg said. “This is someone who committed sexual assault on minors. This is someone who is indicted for perjury. And yet, she got a private audience with the No. 2 person at the DOJ.”
Meanwhile, Maxwell’s legal team has filed a formal request for the Supreme Court to hear her appeal, arguing that a prior non-prosecution agreement with Epstein should have protected her from charges. Legal experts warn the request could set a dangerous precedent if granted.
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View PlansMaxwell, currently serving a 20-year sentence, is expected to testify under oath on August 11 at or near her Florida prison.
With a potential presidential pardon now technically on the table under President Trump’s second term, political observers are watching closely to see whether this high-profile case will trigger a broader reckoning with the deep rot inside the Epstein network—and the many elite figures who have long escaped accountability.