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Per new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a source provided evidence indicating the inmate is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, declared in a news release that the facility's chief was assisting Maxwell with document preparation and submission to support her bid for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” remain unclear, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the supervisor has individually organized exclusive visits for Maxwell and her visitors.

The visits allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

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

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other prisoners, Maxwell was provided directions about who she should tell her contacts to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when the convict wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she “essentially used” the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The statement states that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the warden, who would provide them to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the warden to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Further perks reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

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

In a statement, the presidential office said that it “does not comment” on potential clemency requests.

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson noted.

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 previous prison.

In August, she was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most detainees are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own connections to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also revealed that he had sent a letter to the President, requesting explanations 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. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to Trump.

He inquired whether he had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the transfer or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or agents have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

The representative requested for a reply to the questions by the specified date.

In October, the US supreme court declined to hear an petition from the convict on her trafficking verdict.