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Per new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for review by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a source provided information indicating the inmate is working on the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, declared in a official statement that the facility's chief was “helping” the convict with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

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

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the warden has individually organized exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

These meetings allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the security risk and chance of unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other inmates, Maxwell was provided directions about who she should tell her associates to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The news release indicates that those writing to her would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Reported

Other privileges reportedly provided to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“As President Trump has stated, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the representative added.

Recent Background

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, she 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 non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as the President's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own connections to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the chief executive to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the document. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that the official attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

He inquired whether he had discussed a possible clemency for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

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

In October, the nation's highest court rejected an appeal from the convict on her trafficking verdict.