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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is reportedly preparing a clemency request for review by the presidential administration.

Special Treatment Alleged at Correctional Facility

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

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the committee, declared in a official statement that the facility's chief was “helping” the convict with document preparation and submission to support her bid for executive mercy.

The exact content of the “commutation application” remain unknown, Raskin added.

Alleged Privileges and Custom Arrangements

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the warden has “personally arranged” exclusive visits 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 associates.

Those visiting Maxwell were also reportedly permitted to bring computers, which Raskin described as an exceptional measure given the security risk and chance of unsupervised contact.

Reportedly on one occasion, when phone lines went down for other inmates, Maxwell was provided directions about instructing her associates to contact and how personnel would connect the communication to her.

Warden as “Personal Secretary”

The source also allegedly told House Democrats that when Maxwell wanted to review and edit documents promptly, she reportedly employed the warden as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant”.

The news release indicates that Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the warden, who would provide them to Maxwell, who would review and edit them and provide them back to the warden to scan and provide to the initial correspondent.

Extra Benefits Reported

Further perks allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as private after-hours access to the facility's gym.

Her legal counsel did not immediately respond to a inquiry regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“As President Trump has stated, pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell 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 “much happier” at the new prison than her former location.

In August, Maxwell was transferred from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in Texas, where most inmates are serving time 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 the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid intense speculation 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 awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges.

Congressional Response

Through the statement, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to Trump, demanding answers about the insider's claims, and called on the president to reject the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any form of clemency to this adjudicated and remorseless sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials attending to her requests, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

Raskin requested that the official appear for a public congressional hearing to discuss the revelations and also presented several inquiries to Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had discussed a possible clemency for the convict with Blanche or others, whether he had directed him or anyone else to arrange her with the move or favorable and preferential treatment in prison, and whether she, her lawyers, relatives or representatives have made any promises to the President or his legal team.

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

Last month, the US supreme court declined to hear an appeal from the convict on her sex-trafficking conviction.