Ghislaine Maxwell believed Trump would save her, now she’s documenting everything behind bars: jail source
By Emma Bussey
Published July 19, 2025, 2:40 p.m. ET
Behind the razor wire of her rundown Florida federal prison, Ghislaine Maxwell was always clinging to the hope that when Donald Trump was back in the White House, he’d set her free, a jailhouse source told The Post.
The disgraced British socialite — called “Max” by her fellow inmates — is still waiting.
Maxwell, 63, was convicted in 2021 for recruiting and grooming underage girls for billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019. She has served three years of a 20-year sentence.
“Max was very into her appeal,” the source at FCI Tallahassee said. “That was the biggest thing that was always happening.
“Before, she would tell everybody that she was waiting for Donald Trump to be reelected and become president, that things were going to be different then.
“Max was quite confident that things were going to change with her case.
“Freedom is 100% her focus,” the source added. “She says, ‘I will not be here in 20 years.’”
Since Trump’s election victory, the convicted sex trafficker’s legal team has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her conviction. But Trump’s Justice Department this week defended prosecuting Maxwell, saying she was wrong to claim she was protected by the baffling sweetheart plea deal Epstein struck with the Florida feds in 2007.
Ian Maxwell, Ghislaine’s brother, believes the feds’ opposition is a positive development.
“It signals that they are in trouble and that Ghislaine’s case is legitimate,” he told Daily Mail.
Trump has backed Attorney General Pam Bondi, and demanded transparency about the Epstein case. On Friday, the Trump administration asked a Manhattan federal judge to unseal grand jury transcripts in the cases against Epstein and Maxwell.
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