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

Preferential Handling Alleged at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is preparing the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been given preferential conditions at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, stated in a news release that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for executive mercy.

The exact content of the clemency request are unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

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

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

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and chance of unsupervised contact.

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

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when the convict 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 provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and return them to the warden to scan and provide to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – 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 insider's allegations.

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

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning the convict is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson 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, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, Raskin also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and urged the president to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” the representative stated in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had talked about a potential commutation for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, family or agents have made any promises to the President or his attorneys.

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

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