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

Special Treatment Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed 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 the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, declared in a official statement that the prison’s warden was assisting the convict with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

The exact content of the clemency request are unknown, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” private meetings for her and her guests.

These meetings reportedly involve a designated private space for attendees 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 unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other inmates, Maxwell 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 Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she “essentially used” the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the warden to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a perk typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

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

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

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that she told close associates in emails from prison that she was more content at the Texas facility than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was moved from a secure facility in Florida's capital 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 exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around the President's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, Raskin also revealed that he had sent a letter to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the president to reject the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

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

He inquired whether he had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or agents have made any commitments to the President or his attorneys.

The representative requested 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 sex-trafficking conviction.