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Per new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a commutation application for review by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a source provided information indicating the inmate is preparing the commutation application. 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, stated in a official statement that the facility's chief was “helping” the convict with document preparation and submission to support her bid for executive mercy.

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

Claimed Perks 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 warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her visitors.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the security risk and potential for unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other prisoners, she was provided directions about who she should tell her associates to call and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when the convict wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she reportedly employed the official as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release states that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Reported

Further perks reportedly provided to her include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a request for comment 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 thought about,” the representative added.

Recent Background

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

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, 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 senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, Raskin also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote 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.”

Raskin requested that the official appear for a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, relatives or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

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

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