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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for review by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

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

The exact content of the “commutation application” remain unclear, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, per the insider, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for her and her guests.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and chance of unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about who she should tell her contacts to call and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents promptly, she reportedly employed the official as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The statement indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

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

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

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

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that she told friends and family in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her former location.

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

The transfer, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, 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 ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own connections to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

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

Raskin requested that the official appear for a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a potential commutation for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to provide her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

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

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