Posted on 01/14/2022 8:32:50 AM PST by absalom01
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury of 4 felonies related to her purchase of a home in Florida.
Mosby was among the first law enforcement officials supported by left-wing billionaire George Soros in his quest to remake the criminal justice system in the United States.
Federal prosecutors allege that Mosby lied to falsely obtain a withdrawal from her savings account based on a policy related to the coronavirus pandemic. She is also accused of lying on a mortgage application for the home purchase.
Investigators subpoenaed financial records from Mosby and her husband, City Council President Nick Mosby, in March.
Mosby is running for re-election in June for a third term as Baltimore’s state’s attorney. She has denied any wrongdoing in previous statements about the investigation.
Prosecutors say she asked for a withdrawal of $40,000 from her city retirement account based on what she said was a financial hardship based on the coronavirus pandemic. Contrary to that claim, prosecutors said that at that time her salary had increased by $10,000 to $248,000.
Mosby’s attorney, A. Scott Bolden, blamed racism for the charges.
“We will fight these charges vigorously, and I remain confident that once all the evidence is presented, that she will prevail against these bogus charges — charges that are rooted in personal, political and racial animus five months from her election,” read a statement from Bolden.
Mosby faced criticism when she announced in March 2021 that her office would no longer prosecute prostitution, drug possession and other crimes she referred to as “low level” offenses. In response, Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan called for an investigation of Mosby’s policies and threatened to cut funding to her office.
If convicted, Mosby could face up to five years in prison for each of the two counts of perjury, and up to 30 years in prison for each charge of making a false statement.
Will Soros cut her loose?
She’s the number one law enforcement official.
Baltimore is one of 14 jurisdictions in the US that is a city independent of any county. St. Louis is the other big city like that.
There is a sheriff but his duties as far as I know only entail the jail. He has no citywide enforcement authority.
Actually, he has been charged, and convicted, of financial crimes in Hungary and France.
thanks.
Mosby’s attorney, A. Scott Bolden, blamed racism for the charges.
She is also accused of lying on a mortgage application
That race card has burned up a long tome ago.
Lock her and Soros up.
I read the name and remembered those Baltimore cops she indicted that were all found innocent.
It must be pretty bad if they’d charge one of their own.
Apparently she did not disclose all her liabilities ( like owing $45K in back taxes) and she was dumb enough to put her house under rental management before the loan even closed…after stating that she was purchasing the property as a 2d home for personal use
Buying a house in Florida? Hey, liberal, why not buy a house in a blue state on the ocean? We don’t need you and your ilk in Florida. Florida is not corrupt, and we want to keep it that way!!
The next America First president (Trump or De Santis). should give Soros to Hungary.
With a salary of $248,000 I would think she would easily get a loan so why the lying?
Grifters gonna grift.
She’s just astonished that she would be held accountable.
MD ‘Freak State’ Ping!
Mosby’s attorney, A. Scott Bolden, blamed racism for the charges.
Gosh, we never saw that coming.
Soros is the scum of the earth..
She bought two vacation homes in Florida. One she rented out and the sold for $150k profit after only one year. If she stuck with only one vacation home she probably would have gotten away without using fraud. In the end greed got to her. The hilarious thing is she is saying she applied for the loans because of Covid hardship and then turned around and bought 2 vacation homes with those loans. If she had held the money or paid off her tax lien she might have gotten away with it. That 2.5% interest rate was too much to turn away.
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