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Per new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

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

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a news release that the facility's chief was “helping” the convict with document preparation and submission to support her bid for clemency.

The exact content of the “commutation application” remain unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, per the insider, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her visitors.

These meetings allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to carry electronic devices, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and chance of unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was provided directions about who she should tell her associates to call and how personnel would relay the call 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 private aide.

The news release indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the supervisor, 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 Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning the convict is not something he has considered,” the spokesperson noted.

Context and Developments

Recently, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

In August, she was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most detainees are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

That interview came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and called on the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

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

He inquired whether he had discussed a possible clemency for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, family or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his attorneys.

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

Last month, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.