The NAACP and 14 other civil rights organizations called on President Joe Biden in a letter to pardon Marilyn Mosby, a former state’s attorney for Baltimore, on federal charges related to mortgage fraud and perjury.
Mosby was convicted in February of making a false mortgage application in an attempt to secure a lower interest rate, and in November 2023, she was convicted of perjury when she claimed to have suffered a pandemic-related financial setback and withdrew money from her city retirement account. The money was then used to make a down payment on two vacation properties in Florida. Her sentencing is set for May 23, and she faces up to 40 years in prison.
The letter from the NAACP asserts that Mosby was targeted by the Trump administration’s Department of Justice,
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