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Per recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a official statement that the facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for executive mercy.

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

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her visitors.

The visits reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her associates.

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the security risk and chance of unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was provided directions about instructing her contacts to contact and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she “essentially used” the warden 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 Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks reportedly provided to her include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning the convict is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson added.

Recent Background

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

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

The transfer, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around the President's own connections to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

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

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether he had discussed a possible clemency for Maxwell 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 Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or representatives have made any promises to the President or his legal team.

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

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