BALTIMORE — Defense lawyers for Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby held a press conference on Monday afternoon to respond to a federal indictment that came down just days ago.
Mosby was indicted January 13 on perjury charges and making false statements on mortgage applications, relating to the purchases of two vacation homes in Florida.
Attorney A. Scott Bolden represents Mosby. He claims the case is based on misinformation and has called the investigation a politically motivated witch hunt.
Prosecutors allege that Mosby twice lied in 2020 when she withdrew a total of $90,000 from her city Deferred Compensation Plan.
At the time, the federal government allowed applicants to make such withdrawals only if they had experienced certain financial hardship as result of COVID-19.
Prosecutors say Mosby falsely claimed COVID related financial hardships in order to qualify, despite receiving her full gross salary of nearly a quarter-million dollars, which breaks down to $9,183.54 every two-weeks.
In fact, charging documents say Mosby had received a more than $9,000 raise from 2019 to 2020.
Bolden defended Mosby's actions on Monday, suggesting that her private businesses were negatively impacted from the pandemic.
That explanation is a reversal from what Mosby and her lawyers said last year, when the Baltimore City Inspector General released a report into three of her private businesses; Mahogany Elite Enterprises, LLC; Mahogany Elite Travel; and Mahogany Elite...
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