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According to recent claims from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for consideration by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided information indicating the inmate is working on the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, stated in a news release that the facility's chief was assisting the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

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

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

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

The visits reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, she was given specific instructions about instructing her associates to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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

The statement indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the warden, who would provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the insider's allegations.

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 added.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that she told close associates in emails from prison that she was more content at the new prison than her previous prison.

In August, Maxwell was moved from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as the President's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own connections to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the document. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures 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 instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the transfer or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or representatives have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

Raskin has asked for a response to the inquiries by the specified date.

Last month, the nation's highest court declined to hear an petition from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.