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According to recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate is preparing the commutation application. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for executive mercy.

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

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for her and her visitors.

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

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and chance of unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing her contacts to contact and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she “essentially used” the warden as her private aide.

The news release indicates 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 provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

In a statement, the White House said that it “will not discuss” on potential clemency requests.

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the representative added.

Context and Developments

Recently, reports surfaced that Maxwell told close associates in electronic messages that she was more content at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

This past summer, Maxwell was moved from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most detainees are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around the President's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

In the news release, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche 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 attorneys, relatives or agents have made any commitments to the President or his attorneys.

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

In October, the US supreme court declined to hear an petition from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.