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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 commutation application for review by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating the inmate is preparing the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting Maxwell with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the clemency request are unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

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

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.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about who she should tell her associates to contact and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when the convict wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

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

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks reportedly provided to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

In a statement, the White House said that it “does not comment” on possible pardon appeals.

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson added.

Context and Developments

Recently, reports surfaced 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, she was transferred from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

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 disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

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 urged the president to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” Raskin wrote in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to the President.

Raskin asked whether he had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his attorneys.

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

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