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According to new allegations from a whistleblower, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, currently serving a two-decade sentence for trafficking offenses, is allegedly readying a clemency request for review by the presidential administration.

Preferential Handling Claimed at Federal Prison

House Democrats on the judicial oversight panel revealed that a source provided information indicating the inmate is working on the commutation application. They also stated she has been receiving special treatment at the minimum-security facility in the Lone Star State.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member on the House judiciary committee, declared in a official statement that the facility's chief was assisting the convict with document preparation and submission to support her bid for clemency.

Specific details of the “commutation application” remain unknown, the congressman noted.

Alleged Privileges and Special Accommodations

Raskin states that, according to the whistleblower, the prisoner has been given specially prepared food that are hand-delivered to her cell, and the supervisor has individually organized private meetings for her and her visitors.

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

Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to carry electronic devices, which Raskin described as an “unprecedented action” given the security risk and potential for unmonitored communications.

In one alleged instance, when communications failed for other inmates, Maxwell was given specific instructions about instructing her associates to call and how personnel would relay the call 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 private aide.

The statement states that those writing to her would send files directly to the supervisor, who would hand them over to the inmate, for her to examine and change and return them to the warden to digitize and send to the original sender.

Extra Benefits Reported

Other privileges allegedly granted to her include opportunities to interact with a service dog puppy – a benefit typically prohibited – as well as exclusive nighttime use to the prison exercise area.

Maxwell’s attorney has not yet replied to a request for comment regarding the whistleblower’s claims.

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

“As President Trump has stated, granting clemency to the convict is not something he has considered,” the representative added.

Recent Background

Recently, it was reported that she told friends and family in emails from prison that she was “much happier” at the new prison than her previous prison.

This past summer, she was moved from a secure facility in Florida's capital to the less restrictive prison in the state, where most detainees are incarcerated for financial and non-violent crimes.

The transfer, which authorities called as exceptional, occurred just shortly following she was questioned about the Epstein case by the deputy attorney general, the official, who also once acted as the President's private attorney.

This questioning came as the Trump administration was facing mounting pressure to release more documents related to the ongoing probe and amid intense speculation around the President's own connections to the fallen billionaire and convicted sex offender, who was found dead in a New York jail in that year while facing trial on trafficking accusations.

Congressional Response

In the news release, Raskin also announced that he had dispatched a communication to the President, requesting explanations 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 sex offender,” Raskin wrote in the letter. “The government must not offer her with personal amenities, with canine interaction, with government agents waiting on her every need, or with any preferential handling or institutional privilege at all.”

The congressman asked that the official attend a public congressional hearing to address the disclosures and also posed three questions to the President.

He inquired whether he had discussed a potential commutation for Maxwell with the official or others, whether he had instructed him or anyone else to arrange Maxwell with the move or special conditions in detention, and whether Maxwell, her lawyers, relatives or agents have made any promises to the President or his legal team.

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

Last month, the US supreme court rejected an petition from the convict on her trafficking verdict.