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Per recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, declared in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict with document preparation and submission to support her bid for executive mercy.

The exact content of the clemency request remain unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

These meetings allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other prisoners, she was provided directions about instructing her contacts to call and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when the convict wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she “essentially used” the official as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The statement indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the warden, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Further perks reportedly provided to Maxwell include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – 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 request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning the convict is not something he has considered,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her former location.

This past summer, she was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most detainees are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own connections to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and urged the president to deny the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

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

Raskin asked whether he had discussed a potential commutation for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche 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 promises to the President or his legal team.

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

In October, the US supreme court rejected an petition from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.