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

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided information indicating Maxwell is working on the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Representative 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 aid her effort for clemency.

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

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food 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 “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

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

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other prisoners, she was provided directions about who she should tell her associates to call and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when the convict wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she reportedly employed the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the warden, who would provide them to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Reported

Other privileges reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a benefit 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 whistleblower’s claims.

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

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to the convict is not something he has thought about,” the representative added.

Context and Developments

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that she told close associates in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

This past summer, Maxwell was moved from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

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

This questioning came as the 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 convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the chief executive to reject the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing 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 the official attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether Trump had talked about a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

Raskin has asked for a reply to the questions by the specified date.

In October, the US supreme court declined to hear an appeal from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.