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

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a whistleblower provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the commutation application. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

The exact content of the clemency request remain unclear, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the supervisor has individually organized exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

These meetings allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and potential for unmonitored communications.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, Maxwell was provided directions about who she should tell her associates to call and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she “essentially used” the warden as her private aide.

The statement states that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the warden, who would hand them over to the inmate, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

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

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that Maxwell told friends and family in electronic messages that she was more content at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

This past summer, she was moved from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

This questioning came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around Trump's own connections to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, the congressman also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the chief executive to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

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

Raskin asked whether he had discussed a potential commutation for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, relatives or agents have made any promises to Trump or his attorneys.

The representative requested for a response to the inquiries by 24 November.

Last month, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.