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According to new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving 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

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a whistleblower provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

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

Specific details of the “commutation application” are unclear, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for her and her guests.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and potential for unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, Maxwell was provided directions about instructing her associates to call and how personnel would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The news release indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to the inmate, who would review and edit them and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

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

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 considered,” the representative added.

Recent Background

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

This past summer, she was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most detainees are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as the President's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the 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 fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and urged the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche attend a open legislative session to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a potential commutation for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

Raskin has asked for a reply to the inquiries by 24 November.

In October, the nation's highest court declined to hear an petition from the convict on her trafficking verdict.