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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 presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a source provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, stated in a news release that the facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for executive mercy.

Specific details of the “commutation application” remain unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has individually organized exclusive visits for her and her guests.

The visits allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and potential for unmonitored communications.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about who she should tell her associates to call and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents promptly, she reportedly employed the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release states that those writing to her would send files directly to the warden, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks reportedly provided to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

Through a spokesperson, the presidential office 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 thought about,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that she told friends and family in electronic messages that she was more content at the Texas facility than her former location.

In August, she was moved from a secure facility 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 experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also previously served as Donald Trump's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around the President's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

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

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” Raskin wrote in the document. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that the official appear for a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, family or agents have made any promises to the President or his legal team.

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

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