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Per new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a two-decade sentence for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating the inmate is working on the clemency petition. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

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

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

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the supervisor has individually organized exclusive visits for her and her guests.

The visits allegedly include a designated private space for visitors and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and potential for unmonitored communications.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other prisoners, she was given specific instructions 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 examine and modify papers “quickly”, she reportedly employed the warden as her private aide.

The statement indicates that those writing to her would send files 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 scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the White House said that it “does not comment” on potential clemency requests.

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson added.

Context and Developments

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

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most detainees are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around the President's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, 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 address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether Trump had talked about a potential commutation for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

Raskin has asked 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 sex-trafficking conviction.