Former Baltimore District Attorney Marilyn Mosby is avoiding jail time for her role in perjury and mortgage fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby has instead sentenced Mosby to 12 months of home detention, three years of supervised release, and 100 hours of community service after being found guilty of taking advantage of the CARES Act, which was the first coronavirus relief bill.
BREAKING NEWS: Sentence for Marilyn Mosby is 12 months home detention 3 years supervised release (first year is the home confinement)
— WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore (@wbaltv11) May 23, 2024
According to Breitbart News, in May 2020, Mosby took $36,000 from the city’s retirement account and put it towards purchasing a $428,000 rental property in Florida. Prosecutors argued that Mosby used the funds to elevate her standard of living and misled the banks involved in the mortgage process.
The former prosecutor was also found guilty of perjury. Prosecutors alleged that Mosby lied about having a federal tax lien when purchasing the Longboat Key property and also falsely claimed that it was a second home, which allowed her to get a reduced interest rate. Additionally, she fabricated a $5,000 gift from her ex-husband, Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, to obtain a mortgage loan. Prosecutors have evidence that Mosby transferred the funds to her ex-husband and then sent the money back to herself to make it seem like a present.
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Mosby has maintained her innocence throughout the proceedings.
Her former role as a mother was brought up during sentencing in her favor, and Judge Griggsby took that into account, saying that Mosby's actions will impact her daughters. According to WBAL TV, Griggsby said the former prosecutor victimized people with her dishonesty in a non-traditional sense.
Mosby has had a difficult time of it ever since leaving her office as Baltimore's District Attorney. She lost her re-election bid in 2022 after indictments for her current charges. Nick Mosby has not been charged in connection to the case but said he "made mistakes" and was not a "perfect person" following his ex-wife’s convictions.
Mosby had several character witnesses who testified for her at the sentencing hearing, including civil rights activist attorney Ben Crump. He believed that Mosby's offenses were minor and non-violent and did not warrant a prison sentence.
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Following the announcement that she would avoid prison, Mosby and her young daughters expressed gratitude towards their supporters outside of the courthouse. Mosby stated, "Thank you. I swear, God sent angels into my life to see me when I felt like I wasn’t being seen, and I’m just so grateful to each and every one of you." One of Mosby's daughters also spoke, stating that the events have inspired her to become a prosecutor when she is older.
Mosby has also requested a presidential pardon from Joe Biden. She was ordered to forfeit the Longboat Key property, which she had been renting, before sentencing. The federal government will receive over 90% of the forfeited proceeds.
This case has garnered national attention as Mosby was a high-profile prosecutor who was lauded for taking an aggressive approach to police brutality and corruption cases. However, this has been met with opposition, and critics have drawn attention to the high crime rate and inaccurate convictions that occurred during her time in office.
The case has also put a spotlight on the treatment of high-profile figures in the U.S. justice system. Critics believe that Mosby's lack of prison time is evidence of a two-tiered justice system and that she received more leniency than the average person in a similar situation would. Despite this, Mosby and her attorney continue to maintain her innocence.
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Democrats don’t go to jail.
Soros funds available to her to make all of this disappear.
“The case has also put a spotlight on the treatment of high-profile figures in the U.S. justice system. Critics believe that Mosby’s lack of prison time is evidence of a two-tiered justice system and that she received more leniency than the average person in a similar situation would.”
She is a Leftist protected class and is functionally immune to the law that would lock up anyone not so privileged. We can assume that her 12 months home detention will be very loosely interpreted, especially if campaigning for Biden or other Leftists.
Subotai Bahadur
What? She didn’t blame it on racism? How can that be?
Men, obey your masters.
She’s female. Women ALWAYS receive leniency. That’s how we know she’s guilty AF.
Being a democrat female ensures extra leniency.
American women have over a hundred rights that men don’t have and men have no rights that women don’t have. IRREFUTABLE FACT
America is a gynocentric matriarchy, OBVIOUSLY.
Without actual prison time, she got away scott free. Who says crime doesn’t pay.
I hope that this slap on the wrist won’t hurt her too much and that she will be back into elected office in Baltimore real soon. She deserves Baltimore and Baltimore deserves her.
Soros will finance every thing – She will do fine…. will be awarded that island mansion in Fla. rent free, gratis George Soros
Should have done hard time. This was planned, not an accident. Typical Baltimore Democratic politics, along the Pelosi line….