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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a commutation application for review by the Trump administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate is working on the commutation application. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the federal prison camp 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 “commutation application” are unknown, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” private meetings for Maxwell and her guests.

These meetings allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” 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 phone lines went down for other inmates, she was provided directions about instructing her associates to call and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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 indicates that those writing to her would email documents directly to the supervisor, 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 initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges reportedly provided to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

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

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that she told close associates in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her former location.

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

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, the official, who also once acted 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 Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, 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 insider's claims, and called on the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

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

Raskin asked whether he had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, family or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

The representative requested for a response to the inquiries by the specified date.

Last month, the US supreme court declined to hear an appeal from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.