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Per new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a two-decade sentence for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided information indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, stated in a news release that the prison’s warden was “helping” Maxwell with document preparation and submission to support her bid for executive mercy.

The exact content of the clemency request are unknown, the congressman noted.

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, per the insider, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and chance of unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing her associates to contact and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when the convict wanted to review and edit documents promptly, she “essentially used” the official as her private aide.

The news release states 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 provide them back to the official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

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

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 thought about,” the spokesperson noted.

Context and Developments

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

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

This move, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

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

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and called on the chief executive to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, family or agents have made any promises to the President or his attorneys.

Raskin has asked for a response to the questions by the specified date.

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