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Per recent claims from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed 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 Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, declared in a official statement that the facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” remain unknown, the congressman noted.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for her and her guests.

The visits reportedly involve a designated private space for visitors and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and potential for unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other prisoners, Maxwell was provided directions about who she should tell her contacts to call and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when the convict wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she “essentially used” the warden as her private aide.

The statement indicates that those writing to her would email documents directly to the warden, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a perk typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

In a statement, the White House said that it “will not discuss” on potential clemency requests.

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that she told close associates in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her previous prison.

This past summer, she was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in the state, 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, the official, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe 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

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and urged the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche appear for a open legislative session to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had talked about a potential commutation for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, family or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

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

In October, the nation's highest court declined to hear an petition from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.