Ghislaine Maxwell 'wants Trump to commute her prison sentence'

Ghislaine Maxwell, the disgraced British socialite and co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, is planning to appeal to Donald Trump to commute her 20-year prison sentence, according to a whistleblower.

Maxwell, a convicted sex offender, revealed her intentions in an email with the subject "commutation application" sent to her lawyer Leaf Saffian, and reviewed by Sky's US partner NBC News. "I am struggling to keep it all together as it is big and there are so many attachments," Maxwell wrote in the email.

Now President Trump is facing pressure to rule out an early release for the 63-year-old, who was sentenced in 2022 for sex trafficking. Maxwell recruited young girls for her former boyfriend, billionaire paedophile Epstein, during the 1990s and early 2000s.

In a letter to the president, representative Jamie Raskin, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, demanded answers over Maxwell's planned appeal to Mr Trump. He also hit out at perks she's reportedly receiving while in prison.

"You should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender," Mr Raskin wrote. "Your administration should not be providing her with room service, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all." Where is Maxwell behind bars? Maxwell was moved from a low-security facility in Florida to Federal Prison Camp, Bryan, in August.

The latter, in Texas, is an all-female institution where inmates convicted of non-violent or white-collar crimes sleep in dormitory-style quarters. Read more:US Supreme Court rejects appeal Maxwell requestGiuffre family: Maxwell had 'platform to rewrite history' The transfer came a week after she met deputy attorney general Todd Blanche and Maxwell's lawyer David Oscar Markus.

Within days of arriving, Maxwell gushed in emails about her new surroundings. "The food is legions better, the place is clean, the staff responsive and polite," she wrote in one email seen by NBC News.

She added: "I am much much happier here and more importantly safe." 'Concierge-style' treatment A whistleblower told Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee she was getting "concierge-style" treatment at the camp, with customised meals, after-hours access to exercise facilities, and time to play with a puppy. A top official at the camp complained he is "sick of having to be Maxwell's bitch.