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Did Federal Prison Officials Retaliate Against an Inmate Over Maxwell Complaints? (5/9/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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Epstein Chronicles. In the whole entire history of well history,
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we've never seen someone like Lane Maxwell get moved from
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a place like Tallahassee to a place like Camp Brian.
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And even though this move was unprecedented, we still have
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no information from the government, the DOJ, the Trump administration,
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anybody about why Glainne Maxwell was moved in the first place.
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And if you think that we're the only ones upset
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about that, you got another thing coming. Because the inmates
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at Camp Brian are not too excited that glain Maxwell
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is there, especially considering she's upended the whole entire existence
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for everybody else. And of course the inmates that are
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at the camp, they're not happy about any of it,
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and they don't understand why somebody like Laane Maxwell shows
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up and starts getting this kind of treatment. And can
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you blame them? Can you imagine you're sitting in one
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of these jail cells or at this camp and Glaine
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Maxwell's getting all this special extra privilege and you're getting nothing.
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And remember, the people that are at this camp, they're
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not violent people. They're not people that have committed heinous
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crimes against children. These are people that are in there
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for blue collar crimes, fraud, you know, dui shit like that.
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So it's not like we're dealing with you know, serious
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criminals here as far as violence goes. So these people
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are in there and they're you know, living their lives
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and Glenn Maxwell shows up and up ends everything. I mean,
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it's easy to see how that could cause some animosity
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and some resentment. Right, nobody wants to be treated as
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less than, especially when you're being treated worse than somebody
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that targeted children. And now, of course people that spend
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time with her at this prison, people that are in
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this prison, they're now speaking out and they're talking about
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how they were retaliated against if they spoke out against
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Glainne Maxwell. So today we have an article from the
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ib Times and the headline Epstein associate Glaign Maxwell exposed
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by inmates for Queen Bee treatment, private chapel access, unlimited
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toilet paper and armed guards. Well, it's good that she
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has unlimited toilet paper because all the bullshit that she's
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involved in, I'm guessing you need a lot of toilet
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paper to clean that up. And armed guards? What does
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that even mean? Why Is she so important? Why is
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she being protected and treated better than just about any
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prisoner in the whole entire federal system. I would think
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that would be more of a question, but I guess not.
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Julie Howell found herself moved from the Texas Federal camp
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to a more secure site in August of twenty twenty five,
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a shift that followed her vocal outrage over Glen Maxwell's arrival.
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Along with several peers, she had been openly critical of
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the way that the prison appeared to bend the rules
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for the high society convict, and again, I wouldn't be
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happy about it. Imagine you're sitting there, you're posted up,
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and you're doing whatever it is you do at one
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of these camps, and then Glenn Maxwell comes trotting in
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and your whole entire life changes. Let's remember, these people
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might be locked up, but they're human beings, right, And
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I don't think anybody deserves to have to live with
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Glenn Maxwell. If anybody should be in the shoe, if
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anybody should be in solitary confinement or amongst the other perverts,
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it's Glenn Maxwell not eating Chick fil A, not having
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a whole entire different experience from other people, especially considering
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what she's in jail for. If she would have went
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to prison for a wire fraud and then ended up
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over here, I would have a lot less to say,
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because I'm not somebody that thinks that the justice system
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and the prison system is working in a way that
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is conducive to our society. So I'm not going to
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sit here and make pretend that you know, things are great.
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They're not. There's a lot of issues that need to
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be dealt with. But when it comes to situations like this,
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somebody like Maxwell being treated like a first class citizen
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when in fact she is nothing close to that, there's
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a big problem. And you notice this kind of thing
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doesn't happen for people that are normal people. You don't
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see a regular person charged with the crimes Glenn Maxwell
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was charged with and convicted of, getting this kind of treatment,
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Do you so, why should Glenn Maxwell? Last year, Delhi
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Telegraph highlighted a prisoner at Brian who said she was
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disgusted by Maxwell's transfer there, a sentiment shared via the
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woman's husband. In the wake of the public remark, prison
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staff pulled Julie Howell out of a puppy training class
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and moved her away from the camp. Her solicitor noted,
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that's lawyer in English speak, by the way, solicitor. According
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to her legal representative in the Bureau of Prisons files,
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Howell was then sent to a federal detention center located
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in Houston. Imagine moving somebody else and not Maxwell. Somebody
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speaks out about the treatment Maxwell's getting and there punished. Meanwhile,
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Maxwell's playing with puppies and eating Chick fil A. Nobody's
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going to say anything about Gleane Maxwell, Now are you kidding?
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Patrick McLain, the solicitor representing Howell, told CNN in August
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of twenty twenty five. His remarks followed the sudden removal
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of his client from the facility after she spoke out.
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Maybe I should try and get one of these folks
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on the show. Maybe that would be a worthwhile experience.
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I'm not big on the whole interview thing because that's
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just overdone when it comes to podcasts, but I think
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that hearing from somebody directly would certainly be good. So
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maybe we'll try and make that happen. And if not her,
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maybe a different inmate that spent some time with Glenn Maxwell.
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I mean, I think that would be an interesting conversation
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hearing about, you know, how things changed drastically in the
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wake of Glenn Maxwell showing up and how she up
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ended the whole entire situation and how it affected other people.
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But I guess that doesn't matter, right, as long as
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Glenn Maxwell is living the high life. Every inmate I've
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heard from is upset she's here. The facility is supposed
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to house nonviolent offenders. Human trafficking is a violent crime.
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She helped find groom and traffic children for Epstein, Howell
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wrote to the reporter and an email later shared with CNN,
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and she also helped abuse them. And that's really the
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most unforgivable act, right, All of it is just beyond
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the pill sending her straight to hell if there is one,
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but the actual abuse of children. There's no coming back
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from that. And look, I'm not the kind of person
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that just wants to punish people indefinitely. If you can
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know crime and then you serve your time for the
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vast majority of crimes, I'm willing to forgive. Right, Let's
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be real, that's how our society works. You get punished,
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you get out of prison, and if you change your
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life and you become a good human being and live
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a life on the straight and narrow, then I don't
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think that you should be penalized for your past. But
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in my opinion, there are certain crimes that there's no
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coming back from, and that includes any crime against children.
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In the message which her husband sent to the press,
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she explained that many women feared for their own safety
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due to rumored threats against Maxwell's life. Oh give me
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a break, nobody's threatening Glane Maxwell. Stop it all. Part
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of the cover up all, part of the story, and
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the sad part is how many people suck it up,
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how many people actually believe the narrative that's being pitched
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by the federal government. Howell noted that the entire unit
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faced lockdowns and closed blinds to accommodate the high profile convict,
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lamenting she's causing us to lose the little freedom that
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we have in here, all because she's cooperating with authorities.
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Only a few days after this correspondence, Howell found herself
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facing disciplinary action. Of course, got to protect their buddy,
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Glenn Maxwell, Todd Blanche's good friend Glanne Maxwell. Right, we
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got to make sure that whatever commentary she's gonna pitch
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is helpful to the president, because that's all that matters.
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Not justice, not the survivors, not you or me, but
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making sure that the administration and Donald Trump is fully protected.
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That's what Todd Blanche's goal and his role is. And
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I think the clearest evidence that we have that there's
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a cover up and there's something going on is that
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Glaine Maxwell was moved to this facility. There is no
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reason under the sun why Blaine Maxwell should have been
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moved to a place like this. She just finished a
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session with a puppy training program, a project meant to
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help those inside prepare for life on the outside, when
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a guard suddenly marched her off to the lieutenant's office.
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Once there, she was appointedly asked if she knew Cameron Henderson.
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This was the very journalist Howell had reached out to
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with her frustrations just days before the confrontation. In her
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first interview after finishing her sentence, Howell, who is now
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out on supervised release, told CNN about the moment the
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officer confronted her. She remembered him saying, it's all over
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the world wide Web. He just kept saying, this is
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above me. Of course, it is it's coming from up top,
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right from Bop Brass, DJ Brass and the administration itself.
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After Howl sat in hisself for an hour, the Brian
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camp warden tanishe Hall, arrived to confront her. She came
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in and asked what I was thinking, said that her
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phone was blowing up all weekend. I ruined her weekend.
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I shouldn't have talked to them, Howell recalled. The inmate
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offered an apology, explaining that her visceral reaction to Maxwell
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stemmed from her own daughter being a victim of sex trafficking.
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Maxwell was convicted of orchestrating a long term scheme with
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Epstein to groom and abuse underage girls, though she has
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consistently denied the charges. Why throw that in there, she's convicted,
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Who gives a fuck what she denies? Every single prison
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all across America is filled with people that deny that
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they're guilty. Haul rolled her eyes and flipped her hair back,
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and she was like, it's too late for apologies and
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walked out. Hawill remembered that same day she was moved
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to a Houston Federal Detention Center, a facility where men
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and women of different security classifications, are held all because
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Glene Maxwell, All because a child molester named Glen Maxwell
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is still finding a way to manipulate things from a
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jail cell. Please tell me how this is not a
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cover up. With the public dissecting every detail of the
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Epstein saga, Maxwell's time behind bars has become a lightning
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rod for controversy. Prison consultants noted that our move from
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a low security site in Florida to the Brian camp
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last summer was highly irregular, as sex offenders rarely qualify
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for minimum security facilities. The shift fuel theories that the
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government granted Maxwell's special treatment to secure silence regarding Donald
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Trump's former ties to Epstein. Maxwell stirred further controversy during
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a July twenty twenty five interview with then Deputy Attorney
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General Todd blanche by praising Trump and claiming she never
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saw him act inappropriately. She since then publicly hinted that
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if granted clemency, she would clear his name of any
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Epstein related wrongdoing, as if she's the arbiter of truth
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and Glenn Maxwell is the be all end all about
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Jeffrey Epstein. Do people even hear themselves talk when they
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say that kind of shit, because it's ridiculous at best.
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A BOP spokesperson told CNN they don't discuss specific inmates,
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but are committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity, impartiality,
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and professionalism. They stated the staffer bard from providing preferential
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treatment to any inmate, and cited a BOP memo noting
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that media communication requires prior approval per Bureau policy, so
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that means inmates can't talk to anybody they have to
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ask a Bureau. That doesn't sound right. A Bureau of
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Prisons report from August seventh officially cited Howell for disruptive
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conduct and unauthorized media contact, claiming her leaks exposed sensitive
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information regarding the camp security and high profile residents. After
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three months in a Houston detention center, Howell transition to
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a halfway house, and upon her recent release, told CNN
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she wasn't the only one targeted. Other inmates were similarly
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uprooted for criticizing Maxwell's presence. So if Glenn Maxwell is
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in part of this gigantic cover up, then why are
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they going so crazy and going to these lengths to
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make her happy? Can anyone out there explain that to me?
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Because up until now, nobody has any good reason as
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to why Glenn Maxwell got this transfer in the first place.
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One woman, still in BP custody and speaking anonymously to
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avoid further punishment, recalled how Hull instantly crushed any descent.
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She described the warden screaming at an inmate who dared
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called Maxwell a pedophile. Don't ever make that comment. I
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never want to hear you say that again. Are you
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guys paying attention yet? Glenn Maxwell, who molested a child,
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can't be called a pedophile in a prison. But don't worry, guys,
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have you checked the dow lately? Inmates quickly noted that
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Maxwell's unusual treatment, reporting that meals and water were delivered
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directly to her while armed guards provided escorts. She also
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enjoyed private access to the chapel for visitations, atypical privileges
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for a prison camp. CNN previously highlighted similar perks, noting
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Maxwell even had unlimited access to toilet paper. The anonymous
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inmate told CNN she spoke to a reporter in September,
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carefully avoiding criticism of Maxwell following Howell's transfer. Instead, she
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shared observations of Maxwell assisting others and the presence of
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the US Marshals. Within an hour, she was summoned to
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the lieutenant's office and route the warden confronted her. I
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was diverted to listen to the warden's scream at me.
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She basically beraided me and told me that I was
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jeopardizing the safety of her staff and interfering with an
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FBI investigation. Reprimanded for an unauthorized contact, she was sent
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to Houston. Her subsequent administrative appeals have been denied. So
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how is that acceptable? And how is this warden not
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under more pressure? And what makes Glainne Maxwell's special and
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these other inmates not? Well, we know the answer to that.
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Those other inmates they don't know Donald Trump. Those other inmates,
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they didn't spend a bunch of time with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Those other inmates can't provide some half cocked cover story
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for Donald Trump. And that's why Glenn Maxwell's getting the
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treatment she's getting. So what do you folks think? Do
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you think that Glainn Maxwell is getting this treatment because
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there's some sort of threat to her safety or do
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you think she's getting this treatment because she's playing ball
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