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According to new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for review by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided information indicating the inmate is working on the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting the convict with document preparation and submission to support her bid for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” are unknown, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the warden has individually organized exclusive visits for her and her visitors.

The visits reportedly involve a designated private space for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the security risk and chance of unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other prisoners, Maxwell was provided directions about who she should tell her associates to call and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The news release indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the warden, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

Through a spokesperson, the presidential office said that it “does not comment” on possible pardon appeals.

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning the convict is not something he has considered,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that Maxwell told close associates in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was moved from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most detainees are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

The transfer, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the chief executive to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that the official attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the move or special conditions in detention, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, family or representatives have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

The representative requested for a response to the inquiries by the specified date.

Last month, the nation's highest court declined to hear an appeal from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.