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Per new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a clemency request for review by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions 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 facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for executive mercy.

Specific details of the “commutation application” are unclear, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the warden has individually organized exclusive visits for her and her guests.

These meetings reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and potential for unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other prisoners, Maxwell was given specific instructions about who she should tell her contacts to call 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 examine and modify papers promptly, she reportedly employed the official as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release states that those writing to her would send files directly to the warden, who would hand them over to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“As President Trump has stated, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that Maxwell told close associates in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

In August, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most inmates are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had sent a letter to Trump, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to reject the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that the official attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, family or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

Raskin has asked for a response to the questions by 24 November.

Last month, the nation's highest court declined to hear an appeal from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.