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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for consideration by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

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

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, stated in a news release that the facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

The exact content of the “commutation application” are unclear, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell 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 visitors.

These meetings reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and chance of unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about who she should tell her associates to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she reportedly employed the warden as her private aide.

The statement indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the warden, who would provide them to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

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

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

Through a spokesperson, the presidential office said that it “will not discuss” 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

Recently, 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 Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most detainees are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around Trump's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and called on the president to reject the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with puppies to play with, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche appear for a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to Trump.

He inquired whether he had talked about a potential commutation for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, family or representatives have made any promises to the President or his attorneys.

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

In October, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.