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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for review by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Claimed at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, declared in a official statement that the facility's chief was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” remain unknown, the congressman noted.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the supervisor has individually organized private meetings for her and her guests.

These meetings reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors 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 “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, she was given specific instructions about instructing her contacts to call and how personnel would relay the call 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 “essentially used” the official as her private aide.

The statement states that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to digitize and send to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the insider's allegations.

In a statement, the presidential office said that it “will not discuss” on possible pardon appeals.

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told close associates in electronic messages that she was more content at the new prison than her previous prison.

This past summer, she was transferred from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around Trump's own connections to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while awaiting prosecution 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 insider's claims, and urged the chief executive to reject the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote in the document. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a potential commutation for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange her with the move or special conditions in detention, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

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

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