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According to new allegations from a informant, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, currently serving a two-decade sentence for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for consideration by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

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

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member 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 clemency.

The exact content of the clemency request remain unclear, the congressman noted.

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

The representative claims 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” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her visitors.

The visits reportedly involve a designated private space for attendees and a variety of food and drinks for her associates.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and chance of unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other prisoners, she was given specific instructions about who she should tell her associates to call and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

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

The news release indicates that those writing to her would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges reportedly provided to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

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 “will not discuss” on potential clemency requests.

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that Maxwell told close associates in emails from prison that she was more content at the new prison than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most detainees are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier 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 Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and urged the president to reject the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that the official appear for a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to Trump.

He inquired whether he had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the transfer or special conditions in prison, and whether she, her attorneys, relatives or representatives have made any promises to the President or his legal team.

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

In October, the nation's highest court rejected an appeal from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.