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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is preparing the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, stated in a official statement 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 “commutation application” remain unknown, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the warden has individually organized exclusive visits for Maxwell and her visitors.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and chance of unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other inmates, she was given specific instructions about who she should tell her contacts to call and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when the convict wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she reportedly employed the official as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The statement states that those writing to her would email documents directly to the warden, 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.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

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

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

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to the convict is not something he has thought about,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that she told friends and family in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most detainees are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was questioned 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 Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own connections to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had sent a letter to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with puppies to play with, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that the official attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or special conditions in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

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

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