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Per recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for review by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating the inmate is working on the clemency petition. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, declared in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict with document preparation and submission to support her bid for executive mercy.

Specific details of the “commutation application” remain unknown, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges 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 supervisor has individually organized exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

The visits allegedly include a designated private space for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other inmates, she was provided directions about instructing her contacts to call and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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

The news release states that those writing to her 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 official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Further perks reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

Through a spokesperson, the presidential office said that it “does not comment” on possible pardon appeals.

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

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that she told close associates in emails from prison that she was more content at the Texas facility than her former location.

In August, she was moved from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

The transfer, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around the President's own connections to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official appear for a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to Trump.

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any promises to the President or his legal team.

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

Last month, the nation's highest court rejected an appeal from the convict on her trafficking verdict.