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

Special Treatment Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating Maxwell is preparing the commutation application. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary 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” remain unclear, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her living area, and the warden has “personally arranged” private meetings for Maxwell and her guests.

These meetings allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors 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, Maxwell was provided directions about instructing her contacts to contact 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 promptly, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The statement states that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to the inmate, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges reportedly provided to Maxwell include time to “play with” a trainee assistance dog – a perk typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

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

Recent Background

Recently, 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.

In August, Maxwell was moved from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most detainees are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as the President'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 fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had sent a letter to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the chief executive to reject the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “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.”

The congressman asked that Blanche appear for a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

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

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

Last month, the US supreme court declined to hear an petition from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.