Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted accomplice of disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is reportedly seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from President Donald Trump.
Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee said Monday that the panel received new information from a purported whistleblower who revealed that the former socialite is working on a “commutation application,” the strongest indicator yet that Maxwell might seek Trump’s legal intervention. According to that same whistleblower, Maxwell has also received preferential treatment at the Texas minimum-security prison camp she was moved to from a Florida federal prison in August after she was questioned by Justice Department officials about Epstein. NBC News adds:
“I am struggling to keep it all together as it is big and there are so many attachments,” Maxwell wrote in an e-mail to her attorney, Leaf Saffian, which was reviewed by NBC News. The subject line of the email reads “commutation application.” …
According to the whistleblower, whose identity the committee has not revealed, Maxwell has received what was described as “concierge-style” treatment at the minimum security prison camp that she was transferred to, including customized meals, permission to go to the exercise area after hours, and time to play with a puppy that was being trained by an inmate to become a service dog, among other things.
The whistleblower also claimed that a top official at the prison...
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