Baltimore’s former top prosecutor, who has been one of the loudest voices for police accountability and transparency, is asking the White House for a pardon ahead of his sentencing on convictions for perjury and mortgage fraud.
Marilyn Mosby’s bid is supported by the Congressional Black Caucus, which sent a letter to President Biden championing her cause. Mosby is seeking probation, but prosecutors are seeking 20 months in federal prison.
“As a nation that leads by example, our justice system must not be weaponized to impede progress toward a more perfect union,” said Rep. Stephen Horsford (D-Nevada), the caucus chairman. Stated.
Former Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby faces possible termination as legal battle continues
Defense attorney A. Scott Bolden (right) appears in federal court with client Marilyn Mosby (center) and her husband Nick Mosby, acquitted, on Tuesday, September 14, 2022, in Baltimore. declared. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service, Getty Images)
Mosby, 44, who served two terms as Baltimore state’s attorney, was convicted in February 2016. One case of mortgage fraud after she testified that she unintentionally made false statements on a loan application to purchase two vacation homes in Florida.
she was found guilty in november two counts of perjury She was sentenced by a federal jury for falsely claiming to have experienced financial hardship during the coronavirus pandemic in order to withdraw funds from the city’s retirement fund.
Mosby lost his bid for re-election in 2022 after being indicted. During her trial, it was determined that although she did not intentionally lie on her mortgage application, it was the disclosure of her debt on her application that contributed to her mortgage fraud charges. She said she didn’t.
Marilyn Mosby, who was photographed last year, faces two counts each of perjury and mortgage fraud. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Mr. Mosby’s clemency application states, “Typically, clemency applications express remorse and regret, but what happens when justice is not served and is in fact denied? “Remorse and regret are not appropriate,” Mosby’s clemency application states, The Baltimore Sun reported.
Mosby is asking for a suspended sentence, but prosecutors are asking for a 20-month sentence. His maximum sentence is 40 years.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment on the case Wednesday, citing the clemency application process.
Maryland State Attorney Marilyn Mosby speaks at a press conference announcing the indictment of correctional officers, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in Baltimore. The 25 correctional officers were in custody earlier in the day and have been charged with using excessive force against detainees at the state-run Baltimore Pretrial Correctional Facility. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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“I can’t tell you what the president thinks about this because I haven’t had a chance to talk to him about this,” she said. “This is a Department of Justice process. You know, we’re going to be really, really careful from here, from this podium. We’re going to respect that process here.”
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
