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Per new allegations from a whistleblower, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a two-decade sentence for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a commutation application for review by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a whistleblower provided information indicating the inmate is working on the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated 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.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” exclusive visits for Maxwell and her guests.

These meetings reportedly involve 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 Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the potential danger and chance of unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other prisoners, she was given specific instructions about instructing her contacts to call and how staff would relay the call to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

The whistleblower further reportedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents “quickly”, she reportedly employed the official as her private aide.

The news release states that Maxwell’s correspondents would send files directly to the warden, who would provide them to Maxwell, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a inquiry 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 the convict is not something he has thought about,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced 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, she was moved from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, the official, who also previously served as the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture 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 trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, the congressman also announced that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the whistleblower’s allegations, and called on the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, 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 attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a potential commutation for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to provide her with the transfer or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her attorneys, family or representatives have made any commitments to the President or his attorneys.

Raskin has asked for a response to the inquiries by the specified date.

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