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Per 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 Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate is preparing the commutation application. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict 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 Custom Arrangements

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 “personally arranged” private meetings for Maxwell and her visitors.

The visits allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and potential for unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was provided directions about who she should tell her associates to call and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “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 the inmate, for her to examine and change and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Reported

Further perks allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

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

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that Maxwell told friends and family in emails from prison that she was more content at the Texas facility than her former location.

This past summer, she was transferred from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most detainees are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

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

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around the President's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found deceased in custody in that year while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

In the news release, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the chief executive to reject the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche appear for a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had talked about a potential commutation for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, relatives or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his attorneys.

Raskin has asked for a response to the questions by 24 November.

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