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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for review by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating the inmate is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

Specific details of the clemency request are unclear, the congressman noted.

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her visitors.

The visits allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and chance of unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing her contacts to contact and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

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

The news release indicates that those writing to her would email documents directly to the warden, who would provide them to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – 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 inquiry 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, granting clemency to the convict is not something he has considered,” the spokesperson noted.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in emails from prison that she was more content at the Texas facility than her former location.

This past summer, she was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most detainees are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Epstein case 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 increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation 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.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and urged the chief executive to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any form of clemency 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 federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether Trump had talked about a potential commutation for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the move or special conditions in detention, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or representatives have made any commitments 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.