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

Preferential Handling Alleged at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is preparing the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, declared in a news release that the facility's chief was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for executive mercy.

Specific details of the clemency request remain unknown, the congressman noted.

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the supervisor has individually organized private meetings for Maxwell and her visitors.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, she was given specific instructions about instructing 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 examine and modify papers “quickly”, she “essentially used” the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the warden, who would hand them over to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges reportedly provided to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a request for comment 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 the convict is not something he has considered,” the spokesperson added.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that she told close associates in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her former location.

This past summer, she was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most detainees are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation 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.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and urged the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” the representative stated in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche appear for a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the move or special conditions in prison, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or agents have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

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

In October, the US supreme court declined to hear an appeal from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.