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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for review by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating the inmate is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was “helping” Maxwell with document preparation and submission to support her bid for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” remain unclear, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the supervisor has individually organized private meetings for Maxwell and her guests.

These meetings reportedly involve a designated private space for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other inmates, she 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 whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents promptly, she “essentially used” the official as her private aide.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the warden, who would hand them over to the inmate, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

Through a spokesperson, the presidential office said that it “does not comment” on possible pardon appeals.

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

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported 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 low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

That interview came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, Raskin also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote in the document. “The government must not offer her with room service, with puppies to play with, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche appear for a open legislative session to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or special conditions in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or agents have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

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

In October, the US supreme court declined to hear an petition from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.