A whistleblower has reportedly laid bare efforts by Ghislaine Maxwell to have Donald Trump commute her sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes.
The British former socialite and convicted sex trafficker is reportedly preparing a formal request for clemency from the president, according to communications leaked to House Democrats.
In a letter to Trump, Democrat members of the House Judiciary Committee assert Maxwell is preparing an application that will be “undoubtedly coming to you for your direct consideration,” and that “the warden herself is directly helping Ms. Maxwell copy, print, and send documents related to this application.”
Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence at a minimum security facility in Texas, having been transferred there from a jail in Florida.
The whistleblower, who contacted Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, has not been identified, CBS reported.
The letter alleges she is either directly asking Trump to “release her from her 20-year prison sentence,” or that she holds “such tremendous sway in the second Trump administration that you and your DOJ will follow her clemency recommendations.”
Democrats further allege that Maxwell has received special treatment at her prison in Texas. She was transferred to the facility after a sit-down with Attorney General Todd Blanche in the summer, during which she’s reported to have told the top prosecutor she never saw Trump behave inappropriately in the course of their relationship over the...
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