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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(131,260 posts)
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 02:25 PM Wednesday

'Whistleblower' who provided House Democrats with Ghislaine Maxwell documents speaks out

A whistleblower who came forward to House Democrats alleging convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell received preferential treatment at a federal prison camp in Texas says she was not motivated by politics.

Instead, “this was about common human decency and doing what’s right for all inmates,” Noella Turnage, a nurse who worked at Federal Prison Camp Bryan since 2019 until she was fired last week, told NBC News on Monday.

She added that when even one inmate is wrongly retaliated against, “and influence gets another one protected, somebody had to say something.”

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She said the federal Bureau of Prisons fired her on Nov. 10. The decision came a day after the top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, wrote a letter to President Donald Trump saying they had received information from a “whistleblower” indicating Maxwell was working on filing a “commutation application” and receiving special treatment not typically afforded to inmates at Bryan. The information obtained by the House Judiciary Committee included email correspondence that Maxwell sent during her first few months at the prison camp.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/whistleblower-provided-house-democrats-ghislaine-212036744.html

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'Whistleblower' who provided House Democrats with Ghislaine Maxwell documents speaks out (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday OP
Kudos to you, Nurse Turnage! choie Wednesday #1
Ditto malaise Wednesday #2
Can't fire whistleblowers angrychair Wednesday #3
Unless TACO is somehow involved.... MLWR Wednesday #4
HAHAHAHAHA markodochartaigh Wednesday #6
Unfortunately, human decency BaronChocula Wednesday #5
K&R UTUSN Wednesday #7

choie

(6,450 posts)
1. Kudos to you, Nurse Turnage!
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 02:35 PM
Wednesday

Sure would be nice if someone in the DOJ/FBI/CIA had your integrity.

angrychair

(11,542 posts)
3. Can't fire whistleblowers
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 03:52 PM
Wednesday

It's a crime. She has a serious lawsuit and payday coming her way. Well earned.

MLWR

(687 posts)
4. Unless TACO is somehow involved....
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 04:42 PM
Wednesday

he has "immunity" and can commit any and all crimes with impunity.

BaronChocula

(3,809 posts)
5. Unfortunately, human decency
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 05:02 PM
Wednesday

has become a political issue with the white nationalist party being opposed to it. What have they been saying about empathy???

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