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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 consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a source provided information indicating the inmate is preparing the commutation application. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

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

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, per the insider, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for her and her visitors.

The visits allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure 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 staff would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The statement indicates that those writing to her 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 warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the insider's allegations.

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 added.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that Maxwell told friends and family in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her former location.

In August, Maxwell was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

The transfer, which experts described 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 the President's personal lawyer.

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

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and urged the chief executive to reject the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with government agents 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.

He inquired whether Trump had talked about a potential commutation for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her lawyers, family or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his attorneys.

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

In October, the nation's highest court declined to hear an petition from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.