Ghislaine Maxwell received preferential treatment while incarcerated at a federal prison in Texas, according to a former nurse at the facility. Noella Turnage, who has worked for the Bureau of Prisons since 2019, identified herself Monday as the whistleblower who previously provided some of Maxwell’s correspondence to members of the House Judiciary Committee, Newsweek reported.
“I actually emailed them from work, from my Bureau of Prisons email address, and said, ‘Hey, this is who I am, this is where I work, and I have some things I think you might be interested in, and documents you may be interested in,’” Turnage told KBTX. “I didn’t even specify what it was.”
A staff member for Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, responded to Turnage within 30 minutes, she said. The 46-year-old added that she has since participated in multiple follow-up calls regarding her disclosures.
“I have not shared them with anyone other than the committee,” Turnage said of Maxwell’s emails, some of which she showed to a reporter this week, KBTX reported.
Over the summer, Maxwell confirmed to the Department of Justice during a series of sit-down meetings that she did not witness Donald Trump exhibit inappropriate behavior on the occasions that she met him.
Maxwell had met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for a total of nine hours late last month. According to her attorney, she had been forthright during questioning and did not “plead the fifth.”
According to ABC News’ sources, Maxwell reportedly said that Trump had “never done anything in her presence that would have caused concern.”
As for Turnage, she said she provided Maxwell’s correspondence after facing retaliation from Bureau of Prisons officials for reporting what she described as poor working conditions and the alleged mistreatment of inmates at Federal Prison Camp Bryan.
She said her complaints resulted in her reassignment to the facility’s “phone room,” where her responsibilities included monitoring inmate telephone calls and emails, Newsweek noted.
“They call it prison jail,” Turnage told KBTX. “I would be looking for any evidence that they’re doing something they shouldn’t be. Like, are they trying to smuggle in drugs? Are they doing this? Are they whatever? But these women aren’t risking that, not for the most part. And same as emails, you’re monitoring for anything they shouldn’t be doing. Usually on the phone, the biggest thing you run into is they’ll call a family member who then conference calls somebody else that they’re not supposed to be talking to.”
Turnage said that Tanisha Hall, the warden of the federal prison, personally handled all incoming mail addressed to Maxwell.
Maxwell — who is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s international sex-trafficking operation — also received “private, catered-style visitation arrangements” at the minimum-security facility, according to KBTX.
“There was the whole thing about closing down the compound for her to have a visit,” Turnage told the outlet.
Maxwell’s relatives were permitted to attend private meetings, often disguised as legal consultations, claims Turnage.
“I guess maybe they can bring everybody and say it’s a legal visit?” she continued. “I don’t know, but they’re going to have an area cornered off for you, so it won’t be a problem coming in. They’re going to provide drinks, coffee, snacks, and all this stuff.”
Some of Ghislaine Maxwell’s outgoing correspondence appeared “coded,” with irregular spacing and formatting that differed from messages sent by other inmates, according to Turnage.
The veteran Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee printed some of Maxwell’s messages and examined them at home. After noticing a Wall Street Journal report in early October about the favorable treatment that Epstein’s former associate allegedly received at the federal prison, Turnage shared the emails with Raskin’s office.
CONGRESS ERUPTS AS MIKE JOHNSON & JIM JORDAN DESTROY ILHAN OMAR TO PIECES AFTER DEFUND POLICE SPEECH
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A congressional hearing intended to discuss public safety and law enforcement devolved into a fiery ideological battleground, with House Republican leaders Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Mike Johnson
(R-LA) launching a coordinated attack to dismantle the progressive “Defund the Police” narrative, led by Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
The confrontation focused on Omar’s explicit call to “completely dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department,”
which Republicans argued is a reckless, destructive policy that has directly led to skyrocketing crime rates across the nation. Jordan and Johnson used Democrats’ own words against them, accusing the party of abandoning common sense and prioritizing radical ideology over the safety of American families.
The debate was sparked by Rep. Omar’s defiant speech, where she stood firm in her conviction against funding police forces she views as corrupt:
“I will never cosign on funding a police department that continues to brutalize us. And I will never stop saying not only do we need to disinvest for in police, but we need to completely dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.”
To Omar and her progressive allies, the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) is “rotten to the root,” and defunding or dismantling it is a necessary step for “survival” and establishing a system built on “justice” rather than “oppression.”
JORDAN’S INDICTMENT: DUMB POLICIES, BAD RESULTS
1. The Predictable Disaster
Jordan argued that the consequences of these policies are entirely predictable:
“Shouldn’t be surprised when you get more crime. When you enact dumb policies, imagine this, you get bad results.”
He framed the debate as practical, rooted in “common sense,” accusing Democrats of turning cities into political experiments where citizens are the test subjects.
2. Quoting the Receipts
Jordan went further, methodically naming leading Democrats and quoting their own calls to cut police funding, insisting these were not isolated incidents but a coordinated message:
Pramila Jayapal: Called for “shifting significant resources from law enforcement.”Cori Bush: Publicly tweeted, “No, we mean defund the police,” on the same night President Biden said, “Fund the police.”Jerry Nadler: Advocated for “substantial cuts to the police budget.”
Jordan literally waved printed quotes from Democrats as proof, ensuring that the party could not escape its own public record.
JOHNSON’S KNOCKOUT: HYPOCRISY IN ITS PUREST FORM
Congressman Mike Johnson zeroed in on the profound hypocrisy of the Democratic Party’s actions regarding public safety leadership:
1. Empowering Abolitionists
Johnson highlighted the staggering irony of the Democrats’ committee assignments:
“The person that House Democrats chose to chair the crime subcommittee… said that it was a mandate to defund the police.”
Omar, who once served as Vice Chair of the Crime Subcommittee, was empowered to shape public safety policy while advocating for police abolition. Republicans mocked the irony, arguing that Democrats were now trying to rewrite history, acting as defenders of police during Police Week after once demanding their budgets be gutted.
2. The Personal Cost of Ideology
The Republican strategy successfully tied the ideological stance to real-world devastation, using hard numbers:
New York: Slashed $1 billion from its police budget.Chicago: Cut $80 million.Seattle: Reduced funding by $69 million.
The result, Jordan argued, was a predictable disaster: violent crime soared, carjackings spiked, and families were left vulnerable. Republicans framed the data to prove that Defunding doesn’t protect people; it endangers them.
CONCLUSION: LAW AND ORDER VS. REIMAGINATION
The House confrontation effectively reframed the entire debate as one of common sense versus ideology. Jordan and Johnson painted a vision of a country where law and order—backed by a funded police force—must come before political correctness.
They delivered a collective message: “We will never let radical activists dictate America’s safety.”
The clip highlights that Omar’s call to “reimagine” policing—a phrase Republicans now mock as code for disorder—is political poison. Omar’s decision to embrace the “Defund, Abolish, and Dismantle” narrative, while occupying a seat of power, has served as a rallying cry for the GOP and a dividing line for the Democratic Party, reminding everyone that in the end, true patriots stand their ground against ideologies that threaten the country’s core.