The “dog that hasn’t barked”: Newly Released Epstein Emails May Explain Convicted Sex Offender Ghislaine Maxwell’s Prison Perks

WASHINGTON, DC - On April 2, 2011, long before Donald Trump ran for president, Jeffrey Epstein sent an email to Ghislaine Maxwell that allegedly read: "I want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump.. Virginia [sic] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. Police chief. etc. im 75 % there".

Ms. Maxwell replied several hours later: "I have been thinking about that…"

Fourteen years later, and just a few years into her 20-year sentence for child sex trafficking, Ghislaine Maxwell is now in a cushy federal prison camp, where news reports indicate she has recently been granted a puppy to play with - part of the preferential treatment she is now mysteriously receiving, apparently thanks to the 'dog that hasn't barked.'

Epstein and Maxwell were friends of Donald Trump's in the 1990s and 2000s. Ms. Maxwell is seeking a pardon or commutation from President Trump and he refuses to rule one out for her.

Maxwell was suspiciously transferred from a Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee, Florida, to Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas in August - just days after extensive meetings with President Trump's Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously represented Trump as his personal lawyer. Ms. Maxwell seemingly has been granted all sorts of unexplained prison perks.

And the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has yet to explain the highly controversial move, despite U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) requesting detailed answers in an August letter to the head of BOP and a follow-up letter sent late last month.

Senator Reed says the 2011 emails released today by the House Oversight Committee may shed crucial light on the situation. Reed stated:

"The Epstein files should be released because the American people deserve to know the truth and President Trump's actions surrounding this case simply don't add up.

"I am still pressing BOP for answers about Ms. Maxwell's highly unusual prison transfer and preferential treatment. In light of these new emails, it heightens concern about potential witness tampering. There are serious questions about whether President Trump, through his lawyer, and Ms. Maxwell are together concealing damning information.

"If Donald Trump knew his friends were engaged in child sex trafficking and said nothing then he himself is guilty of a heinous crime.

"Speaker Johnson has kept the House of Representatives in recess for the last 54 days. And for seven weeks, he refused to seat a duly elected member of the House in order to block bipartisan legislation to force the release of the Epstein files. Whether the evidence implicates princes or presidents, it's time that the American people get the facts."

Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

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