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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, currently serving a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, 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 announced that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating Maxwell is preparing the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, stated in a news release that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

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

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the warden has individually organized exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

The visits allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to carry electronic devices, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and potential for unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other inmates, she was provided directions about instructing her contacts to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she reportedly employed 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 scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Reported

Further perks reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

In a statement, the presidential office said that it “does not comment” on potential clemency requests.

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, 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.

This past summer, she was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most detainees are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, the official, who also previously served as Donald Trump'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 Trump's own connections to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche appear for a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also presented several inquiries to the President.

He inquired whether he had talked about a potential commutation for the convict with the official or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or representatives have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

The representative requested for a response to the inquiries by 24 November.

Last month, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.