BALTIMORE — Federal prosecutors shot back Friday afternoon against arguments raised by Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby last month, dismissing her claims of prejudiced prosecution as factually baseless and legally meritless.
Whereas lawyers for the city’s two-term prosecutor portrayed her as the victim of vindictive prosecutors in a series of defense motions filed in February, federal prosecutors say she’s assumed that role and attacked their credibility to distract from the allegations they brought against her.
“The defendant has invented a tale of victimhood in an attempt to deflect attention from her own behavior,” prosecutors wrote in a sweeping response to Mosby’s motion. “As the evidence at trial will show, the only thing the Defendant is a victim of is her own lies and choices.”
