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According to new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. 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 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 unknown, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” private meetings for Maxwell and her visitors.

These meetings allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, she was provided directions about instructing her associates to contact and how staff would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents promptly, she reportedly employed the warden as her private aide.

The statement states that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the warden, who would hand them over to the inmate, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to digitize and send to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Reported

Further perks reportedly provided to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“As President Trump has stated, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the spokesperson added.

Recent Background

Recently, 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.

In August, Maxwell was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, the official, who also previously served as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around the President's own connections to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, Raskin also revealed that he had dispatched a communication 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,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials 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 address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

He inquired whether he had talked about a potential commutation for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange her with the move or special conditions in prison, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to the President or his legal team.

The representative requested for a response to the questions by the specified date.

Last month, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.