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Per recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a commutation application for consideration by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate is working on the clemency petition. They also stated 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, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting the convict with document preparation and submission to aid her effort for clemency.

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

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for her and her guests.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other inmates, she was given specific instructions about instructing her associates to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, 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 Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to scan and provide to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

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

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

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning the convict is not something he has thought about,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that she told friends and family in emails from prison that she was more content at the new prison than her previous prison.

In August, she was transferred from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar 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, the official, who also previously served as the President's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the administration was facing mounting pressure 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 deceased in custody in 2019 while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, Raskin also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the chief executive to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche appear for a open legislative session to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether he had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any promises to Trump or his attorneys.

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

In October, the US supreme court declined to hear an petition from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.