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According to recent claims from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a source provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, stated in a news release that the facility's chief was assisting the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

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

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, per the insider, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the warden has individually organized private meetings for Maxwell and her visitors.

These meetings reportedly involve a designated private space 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 unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other inmates, she 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 whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The statement indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the warden, who would provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and return them to the official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a perk typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

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

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

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that Maxwell told close associates 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 Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most detainees are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as Donald Trump's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own connections to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, Raskin also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the chief executive to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any special treatment 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 Trump.

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

The representative requested for a response to the questions by the specified date.

In October, the US supreme court declined to hear an appeal from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.