BALTIMORE — The federal charges against Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby will stand and the case will proceed to trial in September, U.S. District Court Judge Lydia Griggsby ruled Thursday.
Mosby’s lawyers argued in separate pleadings the criminal charges against her should be dismissed on the grounds of vindictive prosecution, that Assistant U.S. Attorney Leo Wise, who is leading Mosby’s prosecution, should be prohibited from trying the case and that the government must provide more specific information to support the charges it brought against Mosby.
Federal prosecutors have dismissed the defense’s legal arguments as baseless and denounced their allegations of prejudice on the part Wise and U.S. Attorney Erek Barron. They said Mosby made up a “tale of victimhood” to distract from their case against her, which includes recorded phone calls and a trove of financial documents.
