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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a commutation application for review by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been given preferential conditions at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” remain unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

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

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 allowed to bring computers, 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 inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about who she should tell her contacts to contact and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when the convict wanted to review and edit documents promptly, she “essentially used” the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The statement states that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the warden, who would hand them over to the inmate, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the official to digitize and send to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include time to “play 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 presidential office said that it “does not comment” on potential clemency requests.

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning the convict is not something he has considered,” the spokesperson added.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that she told close associates in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her former location.

In August, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as the President's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around the President's own connections to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and called on the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the document. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official attend a open legislative session to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

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

In October, the nation's highest court rejected an appeal from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.