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Per recent claims from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a commutation application for review by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided evidence indicating the inmate is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, declared in a news release that the facility's chief was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for executive mercy.

Specific details of the clemency request 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 “personally delivered” to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” private meetings for her and her visitors.

These meetings allegedly include a designated private space for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the security risk and chance of unmonitored communications.

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

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The news release indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the warden, who would hand them over to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

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

Through a spokesperson, the presidential office 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 spokesperson noted.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that she told close associates in emails from prison that she was more content at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

This past summer, she was moved from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which experts described 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 the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around the President's own connections to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and urged the chief executive to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve 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 government agents attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official attend a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also presented several inquiries to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had talked about a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

Raskin has asked for a reply to the inquiries by the specified date.

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