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According to recent claims from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a source provided evidence indicating the inmate is preparing the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp 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 assisting Maxwell with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for executive mercy.

Specific details of the clemency request are unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” private meetings for Maxwell and her guests.

The visits allegedly include a designated private space for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her associates.

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

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

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she “essentially used” the official as her private aide.

The news release indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks reportedly provided to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – 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 whistleblower’s claims.

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

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

Recent Background

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

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most detainees are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation 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 release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own connections to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the document. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official appear for a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether Trump had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or agents have made any promises 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 rejected an petition from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.