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

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a source provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. 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 committee, declared in a news release that the facility's chief was “helping” the convict with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the clemency request remain unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the warden has individually organized private meetings for Maxwell and her visitors.

These meetings reportedly involve a designated private space for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and potential for unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about who she should tell 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 examine and modify papers promptly, she “essentially used” the warden as her private aide.

The news release states that those writing to her would email documents directly to the warden, who would provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the presidential office said that it “will not discuss” on potential clemency requests.

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

Context and Developments

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

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

The transfer, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, the congressman also revealed that he had sent a letter to the President, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the chief executive to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to Trump.

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange her with the move 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.

Last month, the nation's highest court rejected an appeal from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.