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According to recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate 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.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, stated in a news release that the facility's chief was assisting the convict with document preparation and submission to support her bid for clemency.

The exact content of the clemency request remain unknown, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the supervisor has individually organized exclusive visits for her and her guests.

These meetings reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the security risk and potential for unmonitored communications.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other inmates, she was provided directions about who she should tell her contacts to contact and how staff would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents promptly, she “essentially used” the warden as her private aide.

The news release states that those writing to her would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to the inmate, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges reportedly provided to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel 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 potential clemency requests.

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

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her previous prison.

This past summer, she was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in Texas, 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 interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as the President's private attorney.

That interview came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around the President's own connections to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the president to deny the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless 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 special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche appear for a open legislative session to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

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

In October, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.