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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a commutation application for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, stated in a official statement that the facility's chief was assisting Maxwell with document preparation and submission to support her bid for clemency.

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

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” private meetings for her and her visitors.

The visits reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and chance of unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other inmates, she was given specific instructions about instructing her associates to contact and how staff would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she “essentially used” the warden as her private aide.

The news release indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to the inmate, for her to examine and change and return them to the warden to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks reportedly provided to Maxwell include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel 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.

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning the convict is not something he has thought about,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that Maxwell told close associates in electronic messages that she was more content at the new prison than her former location.

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

The transfer, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, the official, who also once acted as the President's private attorney.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

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 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,” the representative stated in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official appear for a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the transfer or special conditions in detention, and whether she, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

Raskin has asked for a reply to the inquiries by 24 November.

In October, the US supreme court declined to hear an petition from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.