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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for consideration by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a source provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, declared in a official statement that the facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for executive mercy.

The exact content of the “commutation application” remain unknown, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the supervisor has individually organized private meetings for Maxwell and her visitors.

The visits reportedly involve a designated private space for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to carry electronic devices, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the security risk and potential for unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other prisoners, Maxwell was provided directions about instructing her associates to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

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

The statement indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the supervisor, 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.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the presidential office 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.

Context and Developments

Recently, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her former location.

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

The transfer, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

This questioning came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own connections to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and urged the president to deny the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” the representative stated in the document. “The government must not offer 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 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 instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or agents have made any promises to the President or his legal team.

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

In October, the nation's highest court declined to hear an petition from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.