"According to Florida-basedattorney, Israel Encinosa, restrictions placed on his client as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors were designed to prevent him from contacting criminals, not the Office of the Pardon Attorney. "The intent and purpose of the communication restrictions is to prevent the Defendant from continuing to control his criminal organization from prison," Encinosa writes in court documents."
""There is no reasonable argument that the defendant's communication with pardon czar Johnson and government employees at the (Department of Justice) would allow or enable the defendant to do that," the document continues. "The defendant submits that the intent and purpose of the government's denial is for no other reason other than to obstruct his ability to apply and advocate for a pardon/commutation.""
"James "Jimmy" Sabatino, 48, was convicted in 2017 of stealing millions of dollars worth of jewelry while posing as a music industry executive, in a scheme he orchestrated from behind bars. Prosecutors also alleged ties to the Gambino crime family. A one-time resident of Dongan Hills, Sabatino is serving a 20-year-sentence at the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Supermax facility in Florence, Colorado."
James "Jimmy" Sabatino, 48, is serving a 20-year sentence at the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Supermax facility in Florence, Colorado, after a 2017 conviction for stealing millions of dollars worth of jewelry while posing as a music industry executive. Prosecutors alleged ties to the Gambino crime family. Under his plea agreement, Sabatino may only communicate with his attorney and his stepmother, with two monitored calls per month permitted. His attorney, Israel Encinosa, filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida arguing Sabatino is being prevented from contacting presidential pardon czar Alice Johnson and that the restrictions target contact with criminals, not the Office of the Pardon Attorney.
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