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Per new allegations from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is allegedly readying a commutation application for review by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a source provided evidence indicating Maxwell is preparing the clemency petition. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, declared in a news release that the facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for executive mercy.

The exact content of the clemency request remain unclear, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, per the insider, Maxwell has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” private meetings for her and her visitors.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and potential for unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when communications failed for other prisoners, she was given specific instructions about instructing her contacts to contact and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The source also allegedly told congressional members that when Maxwell wanted to examine and modify papers promptly, she reportedly employed the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include opportunities to interact with a trainee assistance dog – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

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

Through a spokesperson, the presidential office said that it “will not discuss” on potential clemency requests.

“Per the President's remarks, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson added.

Context and Developments

Over the weekend, it was reported that Maxwell told close associates in electronic messages that she was more content at the Texas facility than her former location.

In August, Maxwell was moved from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most detainees are incarcerated 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 the President's private attorney.

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

Lawmaker Reactions

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

Raskin requested that the official attend a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether he had discussed a possible clemency for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, family or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

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

Last month, the nation's highest court declined to hear an appeal from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.