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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for review by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned 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 facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the clemency request remain 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 living area, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her visitors.

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

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, 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 inmates, she was provided directions about instructing her contacts to contact and how staff would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when the convict wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she “essentially used” the official as her private aide.

The statement states that those writing to her would email documents directly to the warden, who would hand them over to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted 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 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 Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

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

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most detainees are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own connections to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to deny the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the document. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the move or special conditions in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, family or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

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

Last month, the nation's highest court declined to hear an petition from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.