Ghislaine Maxwell thought Trump would rescue her and now she's documenting everything in prison: Source

TALAHASSEE, FLORIDA: Locked up behind the razor wire of a worn-down federal prison in Florida, Ghislaine Maxwell has apparently been clinging to the fantasy that President Donald Trump will grant her freedom.

“Max was very into her appeal,” a jailhouse source spilled to the New York Post. “That was the biggest thing that was always happening. Before, she would tell everybody that she was waiting for Donald Trump to be re-elected and become president, that things were going to be different then. Max was quite confident that things were going to change with her case.”

Now 63, Maxwell's doing time after her 2021 conviction for recruiting and grooming underage girls for billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on serious charges.

She’s three years into a 20-year prison sentence, but she’s dead certain she’s not doing the full bid. “Freedom is 100% her focus,” the source said. “She says, ‘I will not be here in 20 years.’”

Maxwell's legal team recently made a fresh push to the US Supreme Court, asking it to toss her conviction. But Trump’s own Justice Department isn’t buying it. They just backed the original prosecution, pushing back on her claim that she was shielded by Epstein’s sweetheart deal from 2007.

Still, her brother Ian Maxwell is counting that DOJ rejection as a win. “It signals that they are in trouble and that Ghislaine’s case is legitimate,” he told the Daily Mail.

The Jeffrey Epstein files and Donald Trump’s alleged doodle

In the meantime, Ghislaine Maxwell’s name keeps coming up in the ever-growing Jeffrey Epstein scandal. According to The Wall Street Journal, Maxwell helped create a birthday album for Epstein’s 50th back in 2003, and it included a letter from Trump with a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman.

Trump responded to the bombshell report with a lawsuit. On Friday, July 18, he sued the WSJ, its publisher Dow Jones, and parent company News Corp for a whopping $10 billion, claiming the article defamed him.

Dow Jones isn’t backing down. “We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit,” a spokesperson said.

Meanwhile, the president's team is trying to turn the tables, pushing a Manhattan judge to unseal grand jury transcripts in the Epstein and Maxwell cases.

Also, just to put any pardon rumors to bed, a senior White House official told the NYP that “there have been no discussions or consideration of a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, and there never will be.”

Ghislane Maxwell's life behind bars

Inside FCI Tallahassee, Ghislane Maxwell — nicknamed “Max” — is said to be scribbling in her journal daily and calling her lawyers nonstop.

“She documents absolutely everything, and she carries it with her. I don’t know if she’s going to use the journal for something someday or if she’s going to get out and write a book. But she has got documentation in case something happens,” the insider said.

But one thing she doesn’t document is Epstein. “She never mentions Epstein inside,” the source added. “She mentioned to people, though… how she was at Chelsea Clinton’s wedding.”

Maxwell seems to keep a tight schedule, spending time in the law library, teaching a business class, doing yoga, and Pilates. The latest footage available showed her jogging behind barbed wire in gray sweats.

But it's been far from easy. The former socialite's fellow inmates once wrote a whole Christmas song mocking her obsessive documenting and constant griping about staff.

“Max is very diligent when it comes to that, but with the complaining, the officers don’t take kindly to that, and sometimes, if there were a complaint, people would instantly assume it was Max,” the source said. “Once they instantly started screaming through the place that she was awful and created a whole song about her that they would sing constantly in the unit. But Max is a person who likes to listen and say, shut the f**k up.”

She’s no shrinking violet, though. “She’s no wallflower,” the insider noted. “If someone came for her, she would go right back at them.”

Inside the prison, Maxwell’s closest pals reportedly include Narcy Novack — who was convicted of orchestrating the brutal murders of her husband and mother-in-law — and another inmate nailed for Medicare fraud. 

“She had that pretty small group, and they would take turns as the orderly at the time because being the orderly gave access to a private area, like a closet,” the tipster said. “That’s where Novack would change because she was a bit scared sometimes, and Max was the same way and would not shower if there weren’t a lot of people.”

They added, “Max would just skip showers and was very cognizant of her surroundings, so if she were susceptible or in a vulnerable situation, she definitely would watch out for herself. The staff also weren’t fond of her because of who she was and her notoriety, so it caused extra issues for them, and they probably treated her a little harsher. It was the same with inmates, as some wanted to get in her face."

Ghislaine Maxwell and her family clings to hope

Outside the prison walls, Ian Maxwell is deeply worried.

“It’s a possibility someone might get to her. I don’t want to be dramatic but you can’t discount it. Look what happened to Epstein,” he told the Daily Mail.

Still, he’s keeping the faith. “My sister is innocent and… she will be released some day in the future," he said.

That hope isn’t just confined to the Maxwell clan. Prison consultant Holli Coulman says it’s a survival tactic.

“Ghislaine has that hope that she won’t be facing a life sentence,” Coulman explained. “She believes she will be able to get out in the next couple of years or even months. Ghislaine’s mind is focused on, ‘This is not a life sentence for me.’”