Former Baltimore City Attorney Marilyn Mosby, despite being ordered by a judge to serve a year of house arrest, was partying with friends, supporters and family over the weekend at an event just a few miles from her Baltimore home.
Mosby was convicted of mortgage fraud in February after testifying that he unintentionally made false statements on loan applications to buy two vacation homes in Florida.
In November, she was convicted by a federal jury of two counts of perjury for falsely claiming financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to withdraw money from the city's retirement fund. A judge in May sentenced Mosby to one year of home detention and three years of probation.
Mosby posted a video to Instagram on Thursday of a “thank you barbecue” with family and friends in Clarksville, Maryland. A slideshow of the video shows Mosby wearing an ankle monitor.
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Former Baltimore City Attorney Marilyn Mosby attended a “thank you” barbecue in Clarksville, Maryland, a few miles from her Baltimore home, despite being on court-ordered home detention. (Attorney Marilyn Mosby's Instagram)
Court-ordered home detention means Mosby will remain confined to his Fells Point home and common areas of his apartment, according to FOX45 in Baltimore.
She is also allowed to leave the home for doctor's appointments, court dates, child care, work and meetings with her attorneys. She must get approval to leave for these reasons.
When it comes to employment or child care requests, former prosecutors are not required to consult with the government in advance, information the office received from the U.S. attorney's office in Maryland.
Fox News Digital has reached out to U.S. Attorney Ereck Barron's office for confirmation and clarification on the matter.
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Former Baltimore City Attorney Marilyn Mosby attended a “thank you” barbecue in Clarksville, Maryland, which may have violated the terms of her house arrest. (Attorney Marilyn Mosby's Instagram)
The department added that the online federal court system does not show any documents submitted by Mosby or his team seeking permission to attend the Howard County barbecue.
Last week, Ms. Mosby's lawyers filed a brief in a federal appeals court, urging the court to clear her name and find flaws in the two trials in which she was convicted of perjury and mortgage fraud.
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Former Baltimore City Attorney Marilyn Mosby's ankle monitor. (Attorney Marilyn Mosby's Instagram)
In court filings first reported by The Baltimore Sun and obtained by Fox News Digital, Mosby said his conviction was the result of a prosecution that was “wrongful and improper from the start.”
Mosby has said she was unfairly targeted during the investigation, but the report does not allege she was the victim of a racially or politically motivated prosecution.
Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against Mosby after he allegedly withdrew funds from his retirement accounts, citing pandemic-related hardships, and used the money as down payments on two Florida properties.
Prosecutors also said she repeatedly made false statements on mortgage applications.
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It was to promote a barbecue in honor of former Baltimore City Attorney Marilyn Mosby. (Attorney Marilyn Mosby's Instagram)
Mosby's mortgage fraud trial was scheduled to take place in Baltimore, but was ultimately moved to Greenbelt, Maryland, due to concerns that potential jurors might be biased by media coverage of the case.
When the trial began, both Mosby and her ex-husband, Baltimore City Council Speaker Nick Mosby, testified, saying Mosby lied about his delinquent federal taxes because he was embarrassed.
Mosby told the court he did not knowingly make any false statements and signed the loan application in good faith.
But she failed to list the debt on her application, leading to the mortgage fraud charge.
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Prosecutors argued during the trial that Mosby lied about receiving a $5,000 gift from her then-husband to get a lower interest rate.
The gifts led to her conviction after prosecutors traced them back to her bank account.
Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
