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According to recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a source provided evidence indicating the inmate is preparing 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 committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was assisting Maxwell with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

The exact content of the “commutation application” are unknown, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has individually organized private meetings for Maxwell and her visitors.

The visits allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other prisoners, she was provided directions about instructing her associates to call and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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 indicates that those writing to her would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and provide them back 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 trainee assistance dog – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the White House 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 noted.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that Maxwell told friends and family in electronic messages that she was more content at the new prison than her former location.

This past summer, she was moved from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around Trump's own connections to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the president to reject the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing 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 attend a open legislative session to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had talked about a potential commutation for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to provide her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, family or representatives have made any promises to the President or his legal team.

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

Last month, the US supreme court rejected an petition from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.