Aldan told the Variety that she had requested the AGO’s white collar crime unit to immediately launch an investigation into her supposed conflict of interest.
Aldan signed the presentence investigation report on Patrick M. Calvo that was prepared and written by Probation Officer Simram Simram.
Calvo’s lawyer is G. Anthony Long.
“My family has nothing to hide,” Aldan said.
Presiding Judge Robert C. Naraja issued a written order on Thursday, stating that “the court requests the presentence investigation report be done and [in] an expedited manner.”
Naraja said the Superior Court Probation Office “shall seek and request the assistance at the Federal Probation Office to do a presentence investigation report” on Calvo, 47.
The Federal Probation Office may utilize the assistance of the CNMI Probation Officer Simram Simram, the court added.
Calvo will be sentenced upon the completion of the presentence investigation report by the Federal Probation Office.
Aldan said the local and federal probation offices have the same 45-day limit to issue a presentence investigation report.
Aldan said her counterpart told her that their office “is very willing to assist in the assignment” during a talk on Friday.
In her Jan. 13 letter, Aldan requested Attorney General Edward T. Buckingham, through Assistant Attorney General Brian Gallagher, to investigate her since “any impropriety or conflict of interest violation thereof must be reported to the Office of the Attorney General for investigation and prosecution.”
She added, “[The Office of the Adult Probation] like any other appointed official is bound by the Code of Ethics which includes not participating in a case where there is any conflict. This is a principle which this office has a high degree of respectful and is dutifully followed.”
Aldan said the sentencing recommendations to the court, like any report submitted by the probation office, are only recommendations to the court and falls within the penalties provided for by the Commonwealth Criminal Code.
The chief probation officer said she and “[her] office prides itself on its independence and impartiality with respect to the preparation and submission of its [presentence investigation] reports.”
The court has the ultimate discretion in sentencing a defendant upon considering the arguments of the AG’s office, defense counsel, and the report of the probation office, Aldan said.
The court was supposed to sentence on Calvo last Jan. 12.
But the court granted Long’s motion to strike out the probation’s presentence investigation report.
