Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was ordered to forfeit her Florida condominium Thursday after being convicted of perjury and mortgage fraud, local reports said.
After the forfeiture hearing, Mosby’s sentencing hearing before a federal judge began Thursday. Mosby previously testified that he unintentionally made false statements when he applied for loans to buy two vacation homes in Florida, and he was convicted of mortgage fraud. was.
In November, Mosby was convicted by a federal jury of two counts of perjury for falsely claiming financial hardships to withdraw money from the city’s retirement fund during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I did nothing wrong. I did nothing illegal, nothing criminal,” Mosby said of his guilty plea.
Former Baltimore prosecutor convicted of fraud, Marilyn Mosby, asks Biden for help
The day after he was indicted on federal perjury charges, then-Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby addressed the media in front of her office. She was convicted of one count of mortgage fraud and two counts of perjury. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun via The Associated Press, File)
Former Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby convicted of mortgage fraud
A jury in February returned a not guilty verdict against Mosby on a charge of second-degree mortgage fraud.
Mosby has asked President Biden for a pardon, arguing that he was the target of a politically and racially motivated prosecution under the Trump administration.
According to the Associated Press, Mosby’s pardon application states, “While pardon applications typically express remorse and regret, what happens when justice has not been served and justice is in fact denied? In this case, such remorse and regret are inappropriate.”
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Marilyn Mosby (center) is asking President Biden to pardon her after her fraud conviction, claiming the charges were part of a racially and politically motivated investigation. (Kenneth K. Lamb/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The movement to pardon her is supported by the Caucus of Congressional Black Members and the NAACP.
Mosby gained national fame in 2015 when he sued six police officers for their role in the death of Freddie Gray.
Fox News’ Greg Wehner, Louis Casiano and Lucas Tomlinson contributed to this report.
