Trump Makes Convicted Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell Eligible for 30-Day Furloughs, Home Detention, and Early Release
- Donald V. Watkins
- Aug 14
- 3 min read
By: Donald V. Watkins
Copyrighted and Published on August 14, 2025
An Editorial Opinion
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has waived key Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) regulations to make convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell immediately eligible for 30-day furloughs, home detention, and early release from BOP custody.
Trump was creative and deceptive in his moves to free Maxwell. He successfully hoodwinked the mainstream media and members of the public with his bold plan to free Maxwell.
First, Trump made Maxwell eligible for immediate placement in a minimum security federal prison camp. Second, Trump changed Maxwell's custody classification to "out-custody" status. Third, Trump made Maxwell immediately eligible for 30-day, unsupervised furloughs to visit family, friends, and others of her choosing. Fourth, Trump made Maxwell eligible for home detention as an "out-custody" prison camp inmate. Fifth, Trump made Maxwell eligible for early release from her 20-year sentence.
There is no longer any need for Trump to "pardon" Ghislaine Maxwell. She is practically "out the door" after serving only 4 years of her 20-year sentence.
Waiving the Barriers to Maxwell's Early Release
Trump's most important waiver effectively vacated the BOP’s prior determination that Maxwell, as a convicted sex offender, posed a threat to the public’s safety.
News of this waiver was broken by Allison Gill in an exclusive August 11, 2025, article published on her Mueller, She Wrote blog.
By administrative fiat, Trump's DOJ declared that Maxwell no longer posed a threat to public safety. DOJ gave no explanation whatsoever for flip-flopping overnight on this critical public safety assessment.
As an “out-custody” inmate, Maxwell is free to leave the prison camp for a variety of reasons, including work assignments and continuous, unsupervised, 30-day, warden-approved furloughs. BOP Program Statement 5280.09, Section 570.33.
Home Detention is Maxwell's Next Stop, Followed by Freedom by Christmas
Trump’s next move will be Maxwell's placement on home detention on or before August 31, 2025. Maxwell's warden can accomplish the same result by simply giving her low-visibility, continuous, 30-day furloughs, as permitted by the regulations.
Maxwell will be freed from BOP custody altogether on or before Christmas Day 2025. She will celebrate New Year's Eve in freedom.
In exchange for her silence about Donald Trump’s involvement in Epstein’s dalliances with underaged teenagers, Trump's DOJ waived all BOP inmate regulations that served as a barrier to Maxwell's expedited release from prison. No other serial sex offender in the history of the BOP has been the beneficiary of such generous accommodations, unexplained waivers, and special DOJ treatment.
Epstein's Crime Victims are Royally Screwed, Again
More than 1,000 underaged teenagers were the victims of child molestation, child rape, and child pornography in the Epstein/Ghislaine sex trafficking case. The pedophiles who harmed these victims are known to DOJ. Yet, they remain free.
Maxwell will soon be free to reunited with these pedophiles. She can also get her passport back and travel the world in search of her next prey -- all thanks to Donald Trump.
None of the 1,000+ victims in Epstein's case was afforded an opportunity to object to Trump's freedom plan for Maxwell, as required by DOJ regulations.
After Maxwell is released from BOP custody, no one will be imprisoned for the thousands of heinous crimes Epstein and Maxwell committed against vulnerable underaged teenagers.
Trump Says Epstein's Sex Trafficking Case is a "Hoax"
Of course, Donald Trump says the entire Epstein sex trafficking case is a “hoax” and “total bullshit.” Childless Attorney General Pam Bondi, whom conservative MAGA journalist Laura Loomer calls "Scam Bondi" and a "Bimbo," apparently agrees with Trump.
When Epstein's 1,000+ victims were being molested, raped, and posed for pornographic videos, it did not feel like a "hoax" and "total bullshit" to them. With Trump's expedited release of Maxwell, via administative fiat, these sexually abused crime victims have now been victimized twice.
Of course, Trump’s loyal MAGA cult is okay with his fast-tracked deal to free the only pedophile who was convicted in the Epstein sex trafficking case. This why Trump’s MAGA Republican Party has rightfully earned the title, "Guardians of Pedophiles."
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