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According to recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a source provided evidence indicating the inmate is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

The exact content of the “commutation application” remain unknown, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims 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 Maxwell and her visitors.

These meetings allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and chance of unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, she was given specific instructions about who she should tell her contacts to contact and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when the convict wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she “essentially used” the official as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The statement indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the warden, who would provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Further perks allegedly granted to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – 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.

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

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning the convict is not something he has considered,” the spokesperson noted.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that she told friends and family in electronic messages that she was more content at the new prison than her previous prison.

In August, Maxwell was transferred from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, the official, who also previously served as the President's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and called on the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

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

Raskin asked whether he had discussed a potential commutation for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or agents have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

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

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