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

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating the inmate is working on the commutation application. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, stated in a official statement that the facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with document preparation and submission to support her bid for clemency.

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

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for her and her visitors.

These meetings reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, 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, she was given specific instructions about instructing her associates to call and how staff 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 private aide.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the official to digitize and send to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Reported

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – 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 inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the White House said that it “will not discuss” on potential clemency requests.

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to the convict is not something he has thought about,” the representative noted.

Context and Developments

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that Maxwell told close associates in electronic messages that she was more content at the new prison than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was moved from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most inmates are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

That interview came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

In the news release, the congressman also revealed that he had sent a letter to the President, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and called on the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling 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.

He inquired whether he had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to provide her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or agents have made any commitments to the President or his attorneys.

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

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