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Per recent claims from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for review by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate is working on the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, declared in a official statement that the facility's chief was assisting Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” are unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, per the insider, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for her and her visitors.

The visits reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to carry electronic devices, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and chance of unmonitored communications.

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

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when the convict wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she “essentially used” the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and return them to the official to scan and provide to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Reported

Further perks allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a perk typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a request for comment 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 Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson noted.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that she told friends and family in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her previous prison.

In August, she was moved from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, the official, who also once acted as the President's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around the President's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the chief executive to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that the official attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether he had talked about a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the transfer or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, family or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

Raskin has asked for a reply to the questions by the specified date.

Last month, the nation's highest court declined to hear an petition from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.