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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a clemency request for review by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided information 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 top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was assisting Maxwell with document preparation and submission to support her bid for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” are unknown, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

The visits reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and chance of unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other prisoners, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing her contacts to contact and how staff would relay the call 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 statement states that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

Through a spokesperson, the White House said that it “will not discuss” on possible pardon appeals.

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

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that she told close associates in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the chief executive to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the letter. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

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

He inquired whether Trump had talked about a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or special conditions in prison, and whether she, her attorneys, family or representatives have made any promises to the President or his legal team.

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

Last month, the nation's highest court rejected an petition from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.