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Per new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for review by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been given preferential conditions at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was assisting the convict with document preparation and submission to support her bid for clemency.

The exact content of the “commutation application” are unknown, the congressman noted.

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, per the insider, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has individually organized exclusive visits for Maxwell and her visitors.

These meetings 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 Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and chance of unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other prisoners, Maxwell was given specific instructions about who she should tell her associates to contact and how staff would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when the convict wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents 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 warden to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Reported

Other privileges reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

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

Context and Developments

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.

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

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

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

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

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

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

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

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