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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a commutation application for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee 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 Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, declared in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for executive mercy.

Specific details of the “commutation application” remain unknown, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

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

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

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 unmonitored communications.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other inmates, she was provided directions about who she should tell her contacts to call and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she “essentially used” the warden as her private aide.

The statement states that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and return them to the official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

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

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

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

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that Maxwell told close associates in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her previous prison.

In August, Maxwell was transferred from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most detainees are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, the official, who also once acted as the President's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own connections to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the president 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 personal amenities, 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 discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to Trump.

He inquired whether he had talked about a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, family or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

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

In October, the nation's highest court rejected an petition from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.