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

Special Treatment Claimed at Federal Prison

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 given preferential conditions at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, stated in a official statement that the facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

The exact content of the clemency request are unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

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

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

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other prisoners, she was given specific instructions about instructing her contacts to contact and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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

The news release indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

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

Recent Background

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

In August, she was transferred from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own connections to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and called on the president to reject the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that the official attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether he had talked about a potential commutation for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the transfer or special conditions in detention, and whether she, her lawyers, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to the President or his attorneys.

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

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