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According to recent claims from a informant, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, currently serving a 20-year prison term for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a commutation application for consideration by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

Congressional Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a source provided information indicating Maxwell is working on the commutation application. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member 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 executive mercy.

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

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

The representative claims that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her living area, and the supervisor has “personally arranged” private meetings for her and her visitors.

The visits allegedly include a “special cordoned-off area” for visitors 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 potential for unmonitored communications.

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

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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 statement states that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to the inmate, who would review and edit them and return them to the official to digitize and send to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Alleged

Further perks allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a benefit not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

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

In a statement, the White House 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.

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that Maxwell told friends and family in emails from prison that she was more content at the new prison than her previous prison.

This past summer, she was moved from a secure facility in Tallahassee, Florida to the minimum-security camp in Texas, where most inmates are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

This move, which experts described as “unprecedented”, occurred just days after she was interviewed about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as Donald Trump's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe and amid widespread conjecture around the President's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Lawmaker Reactions

In the news release, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and called on the president to reject Maxwell’s commutation request.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant criminal,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with canine interaction, with government agents attending to her requests, or with any special treatment or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that the official appear for a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for Maxwell with Blanche or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any commitments to the President or his attorneys.

Raskin has asked for a response to the inquiries by 24 November.

In October, the US supreme court declined to hear an petition from Maxwell on her sex-trafficking conviction.