Marilyn Mosby, the top prosecutor in Baltimore, Md., on Friday said she was “innocent” of a series of four charges filed against her via a federal indictment the day before. She then blamed “political opponents” in the local U.S. Attorney’s Office for seeking to prosecute her shortly before she was up for reelection.
In a brief speech, Mosby, a Democrat, said she was “wholly committed” to her job as State’s Attorney and that she was planning to continue “to carry out the mission of creating a safer, healthier community for everyone.”
“I also need citizens, who I am blessed to serve, to know that I am innocent of the charges that have been levied against me, and I intend to fight with every ounce of energy within my being to prove my innocence and to clear my name,” Mosby continued.
“I’ve done nothing wrong,” Mosby later said. “I did not defraud anyone to take my money from my retirement savings, and I did not lie on any mortgage application.”
Mosby claimed that the U.S. Attorney and the lead prosecutor who were building the federal case against her had refused to allow her to show her innocence to the grand jury that indicted her.
She also accused the lead prosecutor in the case against her of having “donated to” her “political opponents” and of having a “personal animus” against her. She did not name who that prosecutor was.
Mosby did not mention that under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, defendants do not have an explicit right to appear before a grand jury. Under the rules, those who “may be present” include only “attorneys for the government, the witness being questioned, interpreters when needed, and a court reporter or an operator of a recording device.” The witness being questioned is, of course, called by the government.
As Law&Crime reported Thursday, Mosby is accused of two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements on loan applications. The indictment accuses Mosby of using COVID-19 hardship exemptions made possible by the federal CARES Act to pull money from a personal retirement account without suffering any cognizable hardships. (Indeed, the indictment says, her salary went up year to year.) The money, according to the indictment, funded Mosby’s purchase of a vacation home in Kissimmee, Fla. The indictment says Mosby also failed to pay federal income taxes and failed to note on loan application documents that she owed a debt to the federal government. The purchase of a Long Boat Key, Fla. condominium, a second Florida home, was also involved, according to the indictment.
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Like all criminals devildemocommiecrats claim they are innocent, even when evidence is compelling and massive against them!!!!! devildemocommiecrats are corrupt and EVIL to their core!!!!! They consider themselves to be gods, that is why they have pushed the true God out of the public forum!!!!!!!!!!!
Lying SOROS BACKED COMMUNIST INSURGENT said what?
Since she is a demoncrat, no I do not believe a word she says.
Maybe the start of the downfall of soros paid politicians. Just hoping.