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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a two-decade sentence for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for review by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating the inmate is working on the commutation application. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the clemency request are unknown, the congressman noted.

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 exclusive visits for her and her visitors.

These meetings allegedly include a designated private space for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the security risk and chance of unmonitored communications.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about who she should tell her contacts to contact and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when the convict wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she reportedly employed the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the warden, who would provide them to the inmate, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges reportedly provided to Maxwell 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.

Her legal counsel 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 potential clemency requests.

“As President Trump has stated, granting clemency to the convict is not something he has considered,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that she told friends and family in emails from prison that she was more content at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

In August, she was transferred from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation 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 increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own connections to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” the representative stated in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that the official appear for a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

He inquired whether he had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to provide her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her lawyers, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

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

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