NAACP calls on Biden to pardon Marilyn Mosby, who they say w
May 8, 2024 13:36:00 GMT -5
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NAACP calls on Biden to pardon Marilyn Mosby, who they say was Trump victim
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The NAACP on Tuesday led a group of civil rights organizations in calling for President Biden to pardon Marilyn Mosby, a former state’s attorney for Baltimore.
Mosby was convicted in February on a federal charge of making a false mortgage application in order to secure a lower interest rate. The conviction followed a November 2023 conviction on two counts of perjury relating to the withdrawal of funds from the City of Baltimore’s Deferred Compensation Plan. She faces up to 40 years in prison.
In a letter to Biden, the NAACP and 14 other groups argued Mosby was unfairly targeted and convicted “after enduring the political persecution and malicious prosecution of the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ).”
“We are deeply concerned that the last administration abused their power to advance a meritless indictment against Ms. Mosby and worse, the current administration’s U.S. Department of Justice ignored a clear political motive of the malicious prosecution against Ms. Mosby,” the letter states.
The groups allege that it was Mosby’s commitment to accountability and racial equity that drew the ire of federal officials, including former President Trump.
In February 2020, former Attorney General William Barr criticized prosecutors, including Mosby, in a speech before law enforcement.
Following the murder of George Floyd by police, Mosby appeared frequently on national TV and in newspapers as an authority on police misconduct and police prosecutions. When Trump threatened to deploy federal agents to Baltimore in July 2020, Mosby said she would prosecute any federal agents who engaged in unlawful actions against Baltimore citizens.
That August, the letter said, Mosby learned she was under federal investigation, “a move widely perceived as retaliation for her courageous stance in protecting her constituents’ constitutional rights.”
Mosby was convicted in February on a federal charge of making a false mortgage application in order to secure a lower interest rate. The conviction followed a November 2023 conviction on two counts of perjury relating to the withdrawal of funds from the City of Baltimore’s Deferred Compensation Plan. She faces up to 40 years in prison.
In a letter to Biden, the NAACP and 14 other groups argued Mosby was unfairly targeted and convicted “after enduring the political persecution and malicious prosecution of the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ).”
“We are deeply concerned that the last administration abused their power to advance a meritless indictment against Ms. Mosby and worse, the current administration’s U.S. Department of Justice ignored a clear political motive of the malicious prosecution against Ms. Mosby,” the letter states.
The groups allege that it was Mosby’s commitment to accountability and racial equity that drew the ire of federal officials, including former President Trump.
In February 2020, former Attorney General William Barr criticized prosecutors, including Mosby, in a speech before law enforcement.
Following the murder of George Floyd by police, Mosby appeared frequently on national TV and in newspapers as an authority on police misconduct and police prosecutions. When Trump threatened to deploy federal agents to Baltimore in July 2020, Mosby said she would prosecute any federal agents who engaged in unlawful actions against Baltimore citizens.
That August, the letter said, Mosby learned she was under federal investigation, “a move widely perceived as retaliation for her courageous stance in protecting her constituents’ constitutional rights.”