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According to new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for review by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

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

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has individually organized private meetings for her and her visitors.

The visits reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her associates.

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other inmates, she was given specific instructions about instructing her contacts to call and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she “essentially used” the official as her private aide.

The statement indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to the inmate, who would review and edit them and return them to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Reported

Further perks reportedly provided to Maxwell 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.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the insider's allegations.

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

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

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in electronic messages that she was more content at the new prison than her previous prison.

This past summer, she 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.

The transfer, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, the official, who also previously served as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the Trump 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 deceased in custody in that year while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the chief executive to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the document. “The government must not offer her with room service, with puppies to play with, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche appear for a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to the President.

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

Raskin has asked for a response to the questions by 24 November.

In October, the US supreme court rejected an petition from the convict on her trafficking verdict.