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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for review by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate 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.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, stated in a news release that the facility's chief was assisting Maxwell with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for executive mercy.

The exact content of the clemency request are unclear, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the supervisor has individually organized exclusive visits for her and her guests.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and potential for unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other inmates, Maxwell was provided directions about who she should tell her contacts to contact and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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

The statement states that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to the inmate, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Other privileges reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a benefit 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.

Through a spokesperson, the presidential office said that it “will not discuss” on possible pardon appeals.

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

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that she told close associates in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her previous prison.

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most detainees are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as the President's personal lawyer.

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 the President's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had sent a letter to the President, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the chief executive to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote 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 institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche appear for a open legislative session to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

He inquired whether he had talked about a potential commutation for Maxwell 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 Maxwell, her attorneys, family or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

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

Last month, the nation's highest court rejected an petition from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.