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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 consideration by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed 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.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” remain unclear, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

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

The visits reportedly involve a designated private space for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and potential for unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, Maxwell was provided directions about who she should tell her associates 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 examine and modify papers promptly, she “essentially used” the warden as her private aide.

The news release states that those writing to her would send files directly to the warden, who would hand them over to the inmate, for her to examine and change and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“As President Trump has stated, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” 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 former location.

In August, she was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most detainees are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own connections to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers 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 convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” Raskin wrote 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.”

The congressman asked that Blanche attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to arrange her with the move or special conditions in prison, and whether she, her attorneys, family or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his attorneys.

The representative requested for a response to the inquiries by 24 November.

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