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According to recent claims from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a commutation application for consideration by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, declared in a news release that the facility's chief was “helping” the convict with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for executive mercy.

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

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the warden has individually organized private meetings for her and her guests.

The visits allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and potential for unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing her contacts to contact and how personnel 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 “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The statement indicates that those writing to her would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Reported

Further perks 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 prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that she told close associates in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

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 connections to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche appear for a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also presented several inquiries to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had talked about 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 she, her lawyers, family or agents have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

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

Last month, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from the convict on her trafficking verdict.