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Per recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for review by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for executive mercy.

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

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” private meetings for her and her visitors.

The visits reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell 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 source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she reportedly employed the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The statement states that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to the inmate, 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 allegedly granted to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a perk typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

Through a spokesperson, the White House said that it “will not discuss” on possible pardon appeals.

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning the convict is not something he has considered,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that she told friends and family in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her previous prison.

In August, she was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, the official, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and urged 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 document. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche appear for a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also presented several inquiries to the President.

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 transfer or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to the President or his attorneys.

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

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