BALTIMORE — Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby asked a federal judge on Friday to postpone her trial until September in an apparent about face from her original demand for a speedy trial earlier this year.
Charged with two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements on mortgage applications, Mosby’s lawyers are now seeking to delay the trial until after the July primary elections for Baltimore state’s attorney. A two-term Democrat, Mosby has not filed for reelection, but has previously said she would. She has until April 15 to file.
The trial is currently set to begin May 2, and U.S. District Court Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby issued a new order Wednesday confirming the trial date with both Mosby’s lawyers and federal prosecutors. Should the trial be postponed, Griggsby suggested September as the first available date based on her schedule, the motion said.
