Overview
- House Judiciary Democrats released whistleblower materials alleging Maxwell receives concierge-style treatment at FPC Bryan, including custom meals delivered to her cell, after-hours private exercise time, a service puppy, and special visitor arrangements with computers.
- Committee documents include an Oct. 5 email showing Maxwell telling her attorney she is organizing a “commutation application” to President Trump, while the White House declined comment and noted Trump has said he has not thought about pardoning her.
- Raskin urged President Trump to reject clemency, asked whether clemency has been discussed internally, and sought testimony from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and other officials.
- Maxwell was transferred in August from a low-security facility in Tallahassee to the minimum-security camp in Texas days after a DOJ interview with Blanche, a move critics say contravenes typical BOP restrictions on sex offenders that the agency has not publicly explained.
- The Supreme Court rejected Maxwell’s appeal in October, leaving presidential clemency as her most viable near-term avenue for relief as congressional oversight intensifies.