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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 Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” Maxwell with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for executive mercy.

Specific details of the clemency request are unknown, the congressman noted.

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 “personally arranged” private meetings for her and her visitors.

These meetings reportedly involve a designated private space for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her associates.

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and chance of unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing her associates to contact and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she “essentially used” the official as her private aide.

The news release states that those writing to her would send files directly to the warden, who would hand them over to the inmate, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the official to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – 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 “will not discuss” on potential clemency requests.

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

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told close associates in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her previous prison.

In August, Maxwell was moved from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just days after she was questioned 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 increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own connections to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in that year while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, the congressman also announced that he had sent a letter to Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and urged the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the document. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche appear for a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether he had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or special conditions in prison, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

Raskin has asked for a reply to the inquiries by 24 November.

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