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REPOST VIA SYBIL WILKS
What You Need to Know:
White House Correspondent April Ryan recently asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre if President Biden is aware of the upcoming sentencing of former Baltimore City State’s Attorney, Marilyn Mosby. The African American woman who made history as the youngest chief prosecutor of any major U.S. city, is seeking a presidential pardon in advance of her sentencing for crimes she was charged with committing while in office. Mosby‘s sentencing is scheduled for May 23.She faces a maximum of 30 years in federal prison for making a false mortgage application, in addition to 10 years for 2 counts of perjury. The Native Land Pod is leading the campaign petition, “Justice for Marilyn Mosby.”
In February of this year, a jury found Mosby guilty of making a false mortgage application while in office. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, this was related to the purchase of a condominium in Long Boat Key, FL. In addition, Mosby was acquitted of making a false mortgage application related to the purchase of a home in Kissimmee, FL.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office reported that in November, 2023, Mosby was convicted on two counts of perjury, related to “ the withdrawal of funds from the City of Baltimore’s Deferred Compensation Plan claiming that she suffered adverse financial consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic while she was Baltimore City State’s Attorney. Mosby faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for each of the two counts of perjury.”
CBS News reported, “Mosby was convicted by a jury in November for lying to get a COVID hardship withdrawal from her retirement account to purchase the vacation homes.
But Mosby defends her stance, saying that no public money was used.
‘Absolutely not. This is not PPE loans, this is not COVID relief funding. This is the money I was putting away every two weeks in a retirement savings account.’
Mosby told Joy Reid (MSNBC) that she was ‘targeted’ as she was preparing to run for re-election. She lost to Ivan Bates in the 2022 Democratic primary.
“They have targeted me,” Mosby said. “This is a four-year-long investigation where they combed every aspect of my life, unannounced, going into people’s homes, knocking on my neighbor’s doors, intimidating folks, issuing subpoenas to the Black churches five months before my re-election, not only to get me out of office, but they’ve done this to demonize me and to vilify me and to break me psychologically, professionally, break me spiritually, break me financially.”
Why You Need to Know:
Marilyn Mosby rose to prominence for her victory as Baltimore City State’s Attorney and the subsequent case brought against police officers in the 2015 death of 25-year old African American Freddie Gray, following his arrest and unsecured transfer in a police vehicle.
The Tuskegee University alum has been in the cross-hairs of opponents since her 2014 election. And people have not forgotten nor forgiven her case against Baltimore police, even though she lost that case. As recently as her latest trial, a WJZ reporter posted on social media, “A court security officer who used to work for Baltimore Police with ‘a former colleague involved in the Freddie Gray matter’ made multiple derogatory comments & shared his opinion on Marilyn Mosby at the Greenbelt (MD) courthouse security checkpoint according to unsealed letter.”
Those who wanted to take Marilyn Mosby down since the Freddie Gray case, have demonstrated that they will go to any lengths to get their revenge. No matter how many of Mosby’s White colleagues may have used the same methods to make withdrawals of their own money to make purchases, real estate or otherwise, Black or Brown folks have to know, we just can’t.
If you would like to participate in the cause, here is a link to the website created by Native Land Pod to seek a pardon from President Biden for Marilyn Mosby.
