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Per new allegations 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 presidential administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel announced that a source provided evidence indicating the inmate is preparing the clemency petition. Additionally, they mentioned she has been receiving special treatment at the federal prison camp in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, declared in a news release that the prison’s warden was “helping” the convict with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for executive mercy.

Specific details of the clemency request remain unknown, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are “personally delivered” to her cell, and the warden has individually organized private meetings for her and her guests.

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

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to carry electronic devices, which the congressman characterized as an “unprecedented action” given the potential danger and potential for unsupervised contact.

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

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

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

The statement states that those writing to her would email documents directly to the supervisor, who would provide them to the inmate, for her to examine and change and return them to the official to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Additional Privileges Reported

Further perks reportedly provided to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a perk not “ordinarily allowed” – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the insider's allegations.

In a statement, the White House said that it “does not comment” on potential clemency requests.

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

Context and Developments

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

In August, Maxwell was moved from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses and white-collar crimes.

This move, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was interviewed about the Epstein case by the senior justice official, Todd Blanche, who also previously served as Donald Trump's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to disclose additional files related to the ongoing probe 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 awaiting prosecution on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, the congressman also revealed that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and urged the chief executive to deny the clemency appeal.

“It would be inappropriate to approve any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the document. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with puppies to play with, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that Blanche attend a open legislative session to discuss the revelations and also posed three questions to the President.

Raskin asked whether he had talked about a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed Blanche or anyone else to provide Maxwell with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in detention, and whether Maxwell, her attorneys, relatives or representatives have made any commitments to the President or his attorneys.

The representative requested for a reply to the questions by 24 November.

In October, the US supreme court declined to hear an appeal from the convict on her trafficking verdict.