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According to new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, stated in a news release that the facility's chief was assisting the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for executive mercy.

Specific details of the clemency request remain unknown, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the supervisor has individually organized private meetings 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 reportedly permitted to bring computers, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the security risk and potential for unmonitored communications.

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

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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

The news release indicates that those writing to her would email documents directly to the warden, who would provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the official to scan and provide to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks reportedly provided to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

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

In a statement, the White House said that it “will not discuss” on potential clemency requests.

“As President Trump has stated, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

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

In August, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most detainees are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called 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.

This questioning came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own connections to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the president to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer 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 the official appear for 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 instructed him or anyone else to provide her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

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

Last month, the US supreme court declined to hear an petition from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.