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Per recent claims from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel 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 ranking member on the committee, declared in a news release that the facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

The exact content of the clemency request are unknown, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” private meetings for Maxwell and her visitors.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing her contacts to contact and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when the convict wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she reportedly employed the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The statement indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the White House said that it “will not discuss” 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 Maxwell told close associates in emails from prison that she was more content at the new prison than her previous prison.

In August, Maxwell was moved from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

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

Congressional Response

In the news release, the congressman also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, demanding answers about the insider's claims, 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 document. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that the official appear for a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether he had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or special conditions in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or agents have made any promises to the President or his legal team.

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

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