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According to recent claims from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a official statement that the facility's chief was assisting the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

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

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, per the insider, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the warden has individually organized exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

The visits reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, 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 given specific instructions about instructing her associates to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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

The statement states that those writing to her would email documents directly to the warden, who would provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and return them to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning the convict is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson added.

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in electronic messages that she was more content at the new prison than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted 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 Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had talked about a potential commutation for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, family or agents have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

Raskin has asked for a response to the questions by the specified date.

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