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Per new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating the inmate is preparing the commutation application. 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 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

The representative claims that, per the insider, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for her and her guests.

These meetings reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the security risk and chance of 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 contacts to contact 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 review and edit documents promptly, she reportedly employed the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to the inmate, who would review and edit them and return them to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a perk typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the insider's allegations.

In a statement, the presidential office said that it “does not comment” on potential clemency requests.

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the spokesperson added.

Context and Developments

Over the weekend, it was reported that she told friends and family in electronic messages that she was more content at the Texas facility than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most detainees are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

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

This questioning came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own connections to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

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

In October, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from the convict on her trafficking verdict.