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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for review by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a source provided information indicating the inmate is working on the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for executive mercy.

The exact content of the “commutation application” remain unknown, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” private meetings for her and her guests.

These meetings allegedly include a designated private space for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and potential for unmonitored communications.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was provided directions about instructing her associates to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she “essentially used” the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release states that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks reportedly provided to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

In a statement, the presidential office said that it “does not comment” on possible pardon appeals.

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson added.

Recent Background

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

In August, Maxwell was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation 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 disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in that year while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, Raskin also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the document. “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 special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

He inquired whether he had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, family or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

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

Last month, the nation's highest court declined to hear an petition from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.