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

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate is preparing the commutation application. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

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

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

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

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

These meetings allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors and a variety of food and drinks for her guests.

Those visiting Maxwell were also allowed to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and chance of unmonitored communications.

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

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

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

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the official to digitize and send to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to Maxwell include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

Through a spokesperson, the White House said that it “does not comment” on possible pardon appeals.

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

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that Maxwell told close associates in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her previous prison.

In August, she was moved from a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most inmates are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

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

That interview came as the 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 fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found deceased in custody in that year while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the president to deny Maxwell’s commutation request.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that the official attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

He inquired whether he had discussed a potential commutation for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her lawyers, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to Trump or his attorneys.

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

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