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Per new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided evidence indicating the inmate is preparing the commutation application. 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 official statement that the facility's chief was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for executive mercy.

The exact content of the “commutation application” are unclear, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the warden has “personally arranged” private meetings for Maxwell and her guests.

The visits allegedly include a designated private space for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her associates.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and chance of unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing her associates to contact and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she reportedly employed the warden as her private aide.

The statement states that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to the inmate, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – 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 request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the presidential office said that it “will not discuss” 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

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in emails from prison that she was more content 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 detainees are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

This questioning came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the chief executive to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with puppies to play with, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche attend a open legislative session to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to Trump.

Raskin asked whether Trump had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, family or agents have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

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

Last month, the nation's highest court declined to hear an petition from the convict on her trafficking verdict.