KATE: MARILYN MOSBY SPENT ABTOU AN HOUR INSIDE THE FEDALER COURTHOUSE TODAY. AND ALTHOUGH SHE TOOK NO QUESTIONS, SHEID D MAKE A BRIEF STATEMENT TO REPORTERS OUTSIDE. >> 30 DAYS. LET’S TRY IT. KATE: ON HER WAY OUT OF U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE THIS MORNING, FLANKED BY HER ATTORNEY ON ONE SIDE AND HER HUSBAND ON THE OTHER, BALTIMORE CITY STATE’S ATTORNEY MARILYN MOSBY TURNED TO REPORTERS BEFORE DRIVING AYWA AND DEMANDED AN IMMEDIATE TRIAL. >> AND SO WHAT I’M ASKING FOR IS THAT I BE TRIED RIGHT WNO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I’M INNOCENT AND THE CITIZENS OF BALTIMORE DESERVE TO KNOW THAT AS WELL BEFORE MY ELECTION, WHICH IS FOUR MONTHS OUT. KATE: MOSBY, INDICTED ON FEDERAL PERJURY AND MORTGAE FRAUD CHARGES, PROCESSED HERE TODAY AHEAD OF HER INITIAL APPEARANCE IN THE CASE ON FRIDAY. AND IN A BRIEF STATEMENT, SHE ONCE AGAIN CALLED THE CASE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND VOWED TO FIGHT THE CHARGES. >> THE ONLY THING THAT I’M ASKING FOR, IS FOR THIS NOT TO BE TRIED IN A COURT OF PLICUB OPINION, BUT FOR ME TO BE TRIED RIGHT NOW. LET’S TAKE THIS TO THE CITIZENS, VICTIMS, AND WITNESSES, MY OFFICE, THE MEDIA, WE ALL DESERVE FOR THIS TO BE OVER. KATE: NCOO MMENT FROM THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE WHEN WE REACHED OUT FOR REACTION TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY TODAY, ALTHOUGH THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE DID CONCERN THAT MOSBY’S INITIAL APPEARAN ICES STILL SLATED FOR THIS FRIDAY AT 1:30 P
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby pleads not guilty at initial court appearance
Indicted Baltimore prosecutor charged with perjury, making false statements on loan applications
Updated: 2:49 PM EST Feb 4, 2022
Indicted Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby entered a plea Friday at her initial court appearance held virtually.Video above: Baltimore federal court processes prosecutor Marilyn Mosby| PDF: Read the indictment obtained by the 11 News I-TeamDuring the arraingnment that lasted less than 15 minutes, Mosby pleaded not guilty to two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements on loan applications. Mosby was indicted in January, and her attorney is seeking a speedy jury trial within 60 days, pointing out the proceedings come months before her re-election bid.The state is not seeking detention and the estimated time of the trial will be about four days.The judge set a Feb. 18 deadline for pretrial motions. A conference call with all parties and U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby was scheduled for Feb. 23.| RELATED: Marilyn Mosby processed at Baltimore federal courtAccording to the indictment, Mosby falsely claimed the COVID-19 pandemic caused a financial hardship that required her to withdraw $80,000 from her Baltimore City employee retirement account. She allegedly used the money as a down payment on two homes in Florida.The indictment also accuses Mosby of failing to disclose she owed unpaid federal taxes when she signed two mortgages. She is also accused of signing a pledge to occupy one of the homes. This allowed her to get a lower interest rate.| RELATED: Indicted Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby: ‘I am innocent’Mosby said in January she has been a target since she announced charges against the officers involved in the police in-custody death of Freddie Gray in 2015. | RELATED: Mosby supporters claim federal indictment is politically, racially motivatedThe attorney representing Mosby and community members rallied for a combination civil rights demonstration and political rally proclaiming the federal case against her is politically and racially motivated. They contend the case is an unfair probe into her personal finances.
Indicted Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby entered a plea Friday at her initial court appearance held virtually.
Video above: Baltimore federal court processes prosecutor Marilyn Mosby
| PDF: Read the indictment obtained by the 11 News I-Team
During the arraingnment that lasted less than 15 minutes, Mosby pleaded not guilty to two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements on loan applications. Mosby was indicted in January, and her attorney is seeking a speedy jury trial within 60 days, pointing out the proceedings come months before her re-election bid.
The state is not seeking detention and the estimated time of the trial will be about four days.
The judge set a Feb. 18 deadline for pretrial motions. A conference call with all parties and U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby was scheduled for Feb. 23.
| RELATED: Marilyn Mosby processed at Baltimore federal court
According to the indictment, Mosby falsely claimed the COVID-19 pandemic caused a financial hardship that required her to withdraw $80,000 from her Baltimore City employee retirement account. She allegedly used the money as a down payment on two homes in Florida.
The indictment also accuses Mosby of failing to disclose she owed unpaid federal taxes when she signed two mortgages. She is also accused of signing a pledge to occupy one of the homes. This allowed her to get a lower interest rate.
| RELATED: Indicted Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby: ‘I am innocent’
Mosby said in January she has been a target since she announced charges against the officers involved in the police in-custody death of Freddie Gray in 2015.
| RELATED: Mosby supporters claim federal indictment is politically, racially motivated
The attorney representing Mosby and community members rallied for a combination civil rights demonstration and political rally proclaiming the federal case against her is politically and racially motivated. They contend the case is an unfair probe into her personal finances.