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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for consideration by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. 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 committee, declared in a official statement that the facility's chief was assisting Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

The exact content of the clemency request remain unknown, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

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

These meetings reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

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 unmonitored communications.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other inmates, she was given specific instructions about who she should tell her associates to call and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when the convict wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she “essentially used” the official as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the warden, who would hand them over to the inmate, for her to examine and change and return them to the warden to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that she told friends and family in emails from prison that she was more content at the new prison than her former location.

In August, she was transferred from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are serving time 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 senior justice official, the official, who also previously served as the President's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the 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 disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “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 special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

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

Raskin asked whether Trump had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or special conditions in prison, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or agents have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

The representative requested for a response to the questions by 24 November.

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