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Per new allegations from a whistleblower, 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 Alleged at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate is working on the commutation application. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was assisting the convict with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

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

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the supervisor has individually organized private meetings for her and her guests.

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

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and potential for unmonitored communications.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other prisoners, she was given specific instructions about instructing her contacts to call and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The statement indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges reportedly provided to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

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 “does not comment” on potential clemency requests.

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

In August, she was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison 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 questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around Trump's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with puppies to play with, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official appear for a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a potential commutation for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her attorneys, family or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

Raskin has asked for a reply to the questions by 24 November.

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