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Per new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for review by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a source provided information indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, stated in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” are unknown, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner 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 visitors.

The visits allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

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

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, Maxwell was provided directions about instructing her contacts to contact and how staff would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly 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 indicates 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 original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges reportedly provided to her include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

Through a spokesperson, the White House said that it “will not discuss” on potential clemency requests.

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

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her previous prison.

In August, she was transferred from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida 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 questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, the official, who also previously served 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 widespread conjecture around the President's own connections to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the chief executive to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” 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 attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

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

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or representatives have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

Raskin has asked for a reply to the inquiries by 24 November.

Last month, the US supreme court rejected an petition from the convict on her trafficking verdict.