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Per new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Federal Prison

Congressional Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment 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 assisting Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

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

Claimed Perks and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the supervisor has individually organized exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

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

Maxwell’s visitors were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and chance of unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing her associates to call and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents promptly, she reportedly employed the official as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The statement states that those writing to her would email documents directly to the warden, who would provide them to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and provide them back to the official to digitize and send to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to Maxwell include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the facility's gym.

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

Through a spokesperson, the presidential office said that it “will not discuss” on possible pardon appeals.

“As President Trump has stated, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has considered,” the spokesperson noted.

Recent Background

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

In August, Maxwell was transferred from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most detainees are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, the official, who also once acted as the President's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own personal ties to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, Raskin also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the president to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the document. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

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

He inquired whether he had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the move or special conditions in detention, and whether Maxwell, 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 24 November.

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