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Per recent claims from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for executive mercy.

The exact content of the “commutation application” are unknown, the congressman noted.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

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

These meetings allegedly include a designated private space for attendees 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 exceptional measure given the potential danger and chance of unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing her associates to call and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when the convict wanted to review and edit documents promptly, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and return them to the warden to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include opportunities to interact 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 did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the presidential office 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 spokesperson added.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that she told close associates in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

In August, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most detainees are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

The transfer, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also previously served as the President's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own connections to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the document. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a potential commutation for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, family or agents have made any promises to the President or his attorneys.

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

Last month, the US supreme court declined to hear an petition from the convict on her trafficking verdict.