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Per new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for review by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the commutation application. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

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

The exact content of the “commutation application” are unclear, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, per the insider, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her visitors.

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

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and potential for unsupervised contact.

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

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she “essentially used” 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 provide them to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and return them to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

Through a spokesperson, the White House said that it “will not discuss” on possible pardon appeals.

“As President Trump has stated, granting clemency to the convict is not something he has considered,” the spokesperson noted.

Context and Developments

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told close associates in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

This past summer, she was transferred from a low-security prison 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 exceptional, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in that year while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin 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 form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated 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.”

Raskin requested that Blanche appear for a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the move or special conditions in detention, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

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

Last month, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.