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

Special Treatment Claimed at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a source provided information indicating the inmate is working on the commutation application. They also stated 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, stated in a official statement that the prison’s warden was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to aid her effort for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” are unclear, the congressman noted.

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” private meetings for Maxwell and her guests.

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

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to carry electronic devices, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and potential for unsupervised contact.

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

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The whistleblower further reportedly told congressional members that when the convict wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she “essentially used” the official as her private aide.

The news release indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the warden, who would provide them to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and return them to the warden to scan and provide to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Other privileges reportedly provided to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the insider's allegations.

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

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

Recent Background

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

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 inmates are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as the President's private attorney.

That interview came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around Trump's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to reject the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with room service, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether he had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or agents have made any commitments to the President or his attorneys.

Raskin has asked for a response to the inquiries by 24 November.

Last month, the US supreme court rejected an appeal from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.