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Per recent claims 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 source provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the commutation application. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a news release that the facility's chief was assisting the convict with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the clemency request remain unknown, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the warden has individually organized exclusive visits for her and her visitors.

These meetings allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and potential for unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, 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.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when the convict wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she “essentially used” the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Other privileges reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use 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 “does not comment” on potential clemency requests.

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the spokesperson noted.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that she told close associates in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her previous prison.

In August, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own connections to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, the congressman also revealed that he had sent a letter to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” the representative stated in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether he had talked about a potential commutation for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, family or representatives have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

The representative requested for a response to the inquiries by 24 November.

In October, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.