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According to recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, declared in a news release that the facility's chief was assisting Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

The exact content of the “commutation application” remain unclear, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” private meetings for her and her guests.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and chance of unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other prisoners, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing 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 “quickly”, she “essentially used” the warden as her private aide.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to the inmate, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to Maxwell 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.

In a statement, the White House said that it “will not discuss” 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.

In August, Maxwell was transferred 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.

The transfer, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the 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 disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the document. “The government must not offer 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 facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official appear for a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a potential commutation for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange her with the move or special conditions in detention, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or agents have made any promises to the President or his attorneys.

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

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