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Former Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby, attends barbecue held in her honor while on home detention

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 is Instagram videos She was photographed Thursday at a “thank you barbecue” with family and friends in Clarksville, Maryland.

A video slideshow shows Mosby wearing a monitor on his ankle.

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.

Former Baltimore City Attorney Marilyn Mosby was partying with friends, supporters and family at the event a few miles from her Baltimore home. Marilyn Mosby Esque/Instagram
A video slideshow shows Mosby wearing an ankle monitoring device at the barbecue, despite being sentenced to a year of house arrest. Marilyn Mosby Esque/Instagram

She is also permitted to leave her home for doctor's appointments, court cases, child care, employment-related reasons and meetings with her defense team.

Any trips out for these reasons must be approved in advance.

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.

Mosby posted a video to Instagram on Thursday of her having a “thank you barbecue” with family and friends in Clarksville, Maryland. Marilyn Mosby Esque/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.

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.”

Court-ordered home detention means Mosby will remain confined to his Fells Point home and common areas of his apartment. Marilyn Mosby Esque/Instagram
Mosby is allowed to leave his home for doctor's appointments, court cases, child care, work and meetings with his attorneys. Marilyn Mosby Esque/Instagram

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.

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.

The prosecutor During the trial, it was alleged that Mosby lied and claimed she had received a $5,000 gift from her then-husband, which helped her get a low interest rate.

Mosby made the remarks at a press conference on February 3, 2015. AP

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.

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