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According to recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for review by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

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 the Lone Star State.

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 support her bid for executive mercy.

The exact content of the clemency request remain unknown, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the supervisor has individually organized private meetings for her and her visitors.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk 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 connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when the convict wanted to review and edit documents promptly, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The statement indicates that those writing to her would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the presidential office said that it “does not comment” on potential clemency requests.

“As President Trump has stated, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that she told friends and family in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her former location.

In August, she was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most detainees are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump'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 deceased in custody in that year while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

In the news release, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the chief executive to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” the representative stated in the document. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents 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 Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had discussed a potential commutation for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange her with the move or special conditions in detention, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

The representative requested for a reply to the inquiries by the specified date.

In October, the nation's highest court declined to hear an appeal from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.