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

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided information indicating the inmate is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated 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, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting the convict with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the clemency request are unclear, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” private meetings for her and her guests.

The visits allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and a variety of food and drinks 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 communications failed for other prisoners, Maxwell was provided directions about who she should tell her associates to contact and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

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

The statement states that those writing to her would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Further perks allegedly granted to her include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the White House said that it “will not discuss” on possible pardon appeals.

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the spokesperson added.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that Maxwell told friends and family in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

In August, she was moved from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around the President's own connections to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing 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 public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations 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 arrange her with the transfer or special conditions in detention, and whether she, her lawyers, family or agents have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

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

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