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According to new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a two-decade sentence for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a clemency request 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 Maxwell is working on the commutation application. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, stated in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting the convict with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for executive mercy.

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

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the supervisor has individually organized exclusive visits for her and her visitors.

These meetings reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and chance of unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, Maxwell was given specific instructions about who she should tell her contacts to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when the convict wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The news release indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to the inmate, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond 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, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson added.

Recent Background

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

In August, she was moved from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most inmates are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as the President's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around Trump's own connections to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

In the news release, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the president to reject the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote in the document. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that the official attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the move or special conditions in detention, and whether she, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

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

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