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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a clemency request for consideration by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting the convict with document preparation and submission to support her bid for executive mercy.

Specific details of the clemency request remain unclear, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

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 guests.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

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 connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers “quickly”, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The statement states that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the warden, who would hand them over to the inmate, who would review and edit them and return them to the official to scan and provide to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Other privileges reportedly provided to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

In a statement, the presidential office said that it “does not comment” on potential clemency requests.

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to the convict is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson added.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told close associates in emails from prison that she was more content at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

In August, she was transferred from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most inmates are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around the President's own connections to the fallen billionaire and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter 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 convicted and unrepentant 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 institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that Blanche appear for a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to Trump.

Raskin asked whether he had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or special conditions in detention, and whether she, her lawyers, family or representatives have made any promises to the President or his attorneys.

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

Last month, the nation's highest court rejected an appeal from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.