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According to new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a clemency request for review by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” Maxwell with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for executive mercy.

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

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for her and her visitors.

These meetings allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was provided directions about instructing her associates to call and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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

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 provide them back to the official to scan and provide to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges reportedly provided to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

Through a spokesperson, the White House said that it “does not comment” on potential clemency requests.

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

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that she told friends and family in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most inmates are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, the official, who also previously served as the President's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, Raskin also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the chief executive to reject the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that the official attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had talked about a potential commutation for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or representatives have made any commitments to the President or his attorneys.

Raskin has asked for a response to the questions by the specified date.

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