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According to recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee announced that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, declared in a official statement that the facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for executive mercy.

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

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

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

These meetings 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 exceptional measure given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, she was given specific instructions about who she should tell her contacts to call and how staff would connect the communication 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 reportedly employed the warden as her private aide.

The statement indicates that those writing to her would email documents directly to the warden, who would hand them over to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and return them to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

Through a spokesperson, 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 considered,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that she told friends and family in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her former location.

This past summer, Maxwell was moved from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which experts described as exceptional, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

This questioning 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 disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president 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 letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

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

Raskin asked whether Trump had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange her with the move or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, family or representatives have made any promises to Trump or his legal team.

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

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