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According to new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a clemency request for review by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

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

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for her and her visitors.

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

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and potential for unmonitored communications.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other inmates, she was provided directions about instructing her contacts to contact and how staff would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when the convict wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she reportedly employed the warden as her private aide.

The news release indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the official to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a perk typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond 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.

Context and Developments

Recently, reports surfaced that Maxwell told friends and family in emails from prison that she was more content at the Texas facility than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most inmates are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

That interview came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around the President's own connections to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, 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 the official attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to provide her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

The representative requested for a reply to the questions by 24 November.

Last month, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.