Ghislane Maxwell's citizenship records released in Epstein file drop

Ghislane Maxwell's’ United States citizenship application appeared Friday, Jan. 30 among the latest tranche of files the Department of Justice released on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  

Maxwell, a close associate of Epstein, was convicted in 2021 of sex-trafficking minors to the disgraced financier. She is serving a 20-yer prison sentence.  

According to the document, Maxwell became a permanent resident of the United States on Feb. 5, 1995, and gained citizenship nearly eight years later on Nov. 27, 2002. Maxwell, who was born to a French mother and British father, holds triple citizenship in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.  

The 2002 document listed two of Epstein’s companies as employers: J. Epstein & Co., then investment banking and financial firm created by Epstein after he left Bear Stearns, and L.S.J., LLC.  

Maxwell’s citizenship application is one of 3 million pages of files related to Epstein the Justice Department released, as required by Congress. The files represent about 60% of the total files the government collected on Epstein. The latest batch includes 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said.  

Maxwell is slated to testify before Congress in February about her late bosses alleged sex-trafficking network. 

Epstein, who died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial, was connected to some of the most wealthy, powerful people in world, including Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton. All three men have denied wrongdoing.

In late 2025, Maxwell was transferred out of a federal prison in Florida and into a lower-security facility in Texas  after an interview with the Justice Department.