Ghislaine Maxwell has been quietly moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas.

The British socialite and former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein is currently serving a 20-year jail sentence for procuring underage girls for the paedophile financier.

Maxwell was being held at a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida, but was relocated to a minimum security prison this week.

The transfer comes a week after she was interviewed by Todd Blanche, Donald Trump’s deputy attorney general.

Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, confirmed the transfer in a statement to The Telegraph. 

He said: “We can confirm that she is being moved but have no further comment at this time.” 

The disgraced socialite “is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas,” a Bureau of Prisons spokesman told The New York Sun.

A source with knowledge of the situation told the newspaper that Ms Maxwell was temporarily moved to FCI Oakdale in Louisiana prior to her move to Texas.

“She is not staying in Oakdale,” the source said. “It was a brief stopover. Officials from Texas were expected to take custody of her shortly after the handoff, and she is being moved again to an undisclosed location.”

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