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According to 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 consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating Maxwell is working on the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned 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 copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for executive mercy.

The exact content of the “commutation application” are unclear, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

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

These meetings allegedly include a designated private space for visitors and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, 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 contacts to contact and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly 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 states that those writing to her would send files directly to the warden, who would provide them to the inmate, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges reportedly provided to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the insider's allegations.

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

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

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that she told friends and family in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison 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 financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as the President's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around the President's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

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

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless 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 preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

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

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the transfer or special conditions in detention, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

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

Last month, the US supreme court declined to hear an petition from the convict on her trafficking verdict.