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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a clemency request for review by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, declared in a official statement that the prison’s warden was assisting Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” are unclear, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” private meetings for her and her guests.

The visits allegedly include a designated private space for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her associates.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which Raskin described 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 provided directions about who she should tell her contacts to call and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she reportedly employed the official as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the warden, who would provide them to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges 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 did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

In a statement, the presidential office said that it “will not discuss” on possible pardon appeals.

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” 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 Texas facility than her previous prison.

This past summer, she was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most detainees are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President'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 intense speculation around Trump's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche attend a open legislative session to address the disclosures and also posed three questions 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 her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, relatives or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

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

In October, the nation's highest court declined to hear an appeal from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.