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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided information indicating the inmate is working on the commutation application. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

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 document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

The exact content of the “commutation application” are unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

The visits reportedly involve a designated private space for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to carry electronic devices, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and chance of unsupervised contact.

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

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she “essentially used” the warden as her private aide.

The statement indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Reported

Further perks reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney 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, pardoning the convict is not something he has considered,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that she told close associates in electronic messages that she was more content at the new prison than her former location.

This past summer, she was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most inmates are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

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

This questioning came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around the President's own connections to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and called on the chief executive to reject the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the document. “The government must not offer her with room service, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that the official appear for a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to Trump.

He inquired whether he had talked about a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the move or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, family or agents have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

Raskin has asked for a reply to the questions by the specified date.

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