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According to recent claims from a informant, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, now completing a 20-year prison term for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a clemency request for review by the Trump administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Correctional Facility

House Democrats on the House judiciary committee revealed that a whistleblower provided evidence indicating Maxwell is working on the clemency petition. They also stated she has been given preferential conditions at the minimum-security facility in Texas.

Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, stated in a news release that the facility's chief was “helping” Maxwell with copying, printing, and sending documents to support her bid for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” are unknown, Raskin added.

Claimed Perks and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, per the insider, Maxwell has been receiving “customized” meals that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the supervisor has individually organized private meetings for her and her visitors.

The visits reportedly involve a designated private space 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 unsupervised contact.

In one alleged instance, when phone lines went down for other inmates, she was given specific instructions about instructing her associates to contact and how staff would connect the communication to her.

Supervisor Acting as Assistant

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 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 original sender.

Extra Benefits Alleged

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include time to “play with” a service dog puppy – a perk typically prohibited – 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.

Through a spokesperson, the White House said that it “will not discuss” on possible pardon appeals.

“Per the President's remarks, granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell is not something he has thought about,” the spokesperson noted.

Recent Background

Over the weekend, reports surfaced that she told friends and family in electronic messages that she was “much happier” at the Texas facility than her previous prison.

This past summer, Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida's capital to the minimum-security camp in the state, where most detainees are serving time for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just days after she was questioned about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who also once acted as the President's personal lawyer.

That interview came as the Trump administration was facing increasing scrutiny to release more documents related to the Epstein investigation and amid widespread conjecture around Trump's own personal ties to the disgraced financier and adjudicated criminal, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also revealed that he had sent a letter to Trump, requesting explanations about the insider's claims, and called on the president to reject the clemency appeal.

“You should not grant any type of pardon to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” the representative stated in the letter. “Your Administration should not be providing her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or facility benefit at all.”

The congressman asked that the official appear for a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to Trump.

He inquired whether Trump had talked about a possible clemency for the convict with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange her with the transfer or special conditions in prison, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any commitments to Trump or his legal team.

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

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