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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for review by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the commutation application. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict with document preparation and submission to support her bid for executive mercy.

Specific details of the “commutation application” are unknown, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the warden has individually organized exclusive visits for her and her guests.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and chance of unmonitored communications.

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

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she “essentially used” the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and return them to the official to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Reported

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

Through a spokesperson, the presidential office said that it “will not discuss” on potential clemency requests.

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to the convict is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson added.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

In August, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation 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 that year while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

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

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the document. “The government must not offer her with room service, with puppies to play with, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

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

Raskin asked whether he had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to provide 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 attorneys.

The representative requested for a reply to the inquiries by the specified date.

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