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According to recent claims from a informant, Ghislaine Maxwell, now completing a two-decade sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for consideration by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Alleged at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been given preferential conditions at the federal prison camp in the Lone Star State.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was assisting the convict 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 Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the supervisor has individually organized exclusive visits for her and her visitors.

These meetings reportedly involve a “special cordoned-off area” for attendees and “an assortment of snacks and refreshments” for her guests.

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and chance of unmonitored communications.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other inmates, she was provided directions about who she should tell her associates to call and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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

The news release indicates that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to the inmate, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to Maxwell 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.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the insider's allegations.

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

“As President Trump has stated, granting clemency to the convict is not something he has thought about,” the representative noted.

Recent Background

Recently, reports surfaced that she told close associates in electronic messages that she was more content at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

In August, she was transferred from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most detainees are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as “unprecedented”, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the senior justice official, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation around the President's own personal ties 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

In the news release, the congressman also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and called on the president to deny the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless criminal,” the representative stated in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

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

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a possible clemency for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had directed Blanche or anyone else to provide her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether she, her attorneys, 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 nation's highest court rejected an appeal from Maxwell on her trafficking verdict.