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Per new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate is working on the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting Maxwell with document preparation and submission to support her bid for executive mercy.

Specific details of the clemency request remain unclear, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the warden has individually organized private meetings for her and her visitors.

These meetings 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 potential danger and chance of unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, Maxwell was provided directions about instructing her associates to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she reportedly employed the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The statement indicates that those writing to her 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 official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to her include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

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

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

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to the convict is not something he has thought about,” the representative added.

Context and Developments

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in electronic messages that she was more content at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

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

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also previously served as Donald Trump'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 intense speculation around Trump's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in that year while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official appear for a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to Trump.

Raskin asked whether he 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 transfer or special conditions in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to the President or his attorneys.

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

Last month, the US supreme court declined to hear an appeal from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.