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According to 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 Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a news release that the facility's chief was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

Specific details of the clemency request remain unknown, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, per the insider, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” private meetings for Maxwell and her visitors.

These meetings reportedly involve a designated private space for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and potential for unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other inmates, she was provided directions about instructing her contacts to contact and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she reportedly employed the warden as her private aide.

The news release states 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 digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

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

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the White House 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 added.

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that she told friends and family in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her former location.

This past summer, she was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most inmates are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

That interview came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files 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 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” the representative stated in the letter. “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 facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to Trump.

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide her with the transfer or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or agents have made any promises to the President or his legal team.

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

Last month, the nation's highest court rejected an appeal from the convict on her trafficking verdict.