Former Baltimore City Attorney Marilyn Mosby was partying with friends, supporters and family members over the weekend at an event several miles from her home in Baltimore. ordered by a judge Punishment: house arrest for one year.
Mosby pleaded guilty to one count of mortgage fraud In February, he testified that he had unintentionally made false statements in loan applications to buy two vacation homes in Florida.
In November, he was convicted by a federal jury on two counts of perjury after he falsely claimed financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic to withdraw money from the city's retirement fund.
In May, a judge sentenced Mosby to one year of house arrest and three years of supervised release.
Posted by Mosby Video on Instagram On Thursday, a photo of her with her family and friends at a “Thanksgiving Barbecue” held in Clarksville, Maryland went viral on social media.
The video slideshow shows Mosby wearing an ankle monitor.
Under court-ordered house arrest, Mosby must remain confined to her home in Fells Point as well as community areas of her apartment complex, according to Baltimore-based Fox 45.
They are also allowed to leave their home for doctor’s appointments, court dates, child care responsibilities, employment reasons, and to meet with their legal team.
Prior approval is required to travel abroad for these reasons.
As for the employment or child care requests, the station learned from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland that the former prosecutor is not required to consult with the government beforehand.
Fox News Digital has reached out to US Attorney Erek Barron's office for confirmation and clarification on the matter.
The station further said that the online federal court system did not reveal that Mosby or his team had filed any case seeking permission to attend the barbecue in Howard County.
Last week, Mosby's legal team filed a petition in a federal appeals court seeking to exonerate her, and also asked the court to find flaws in the two trials in which she was convicted of perjury and mortgage fraud.
In court filings first reported by the Baltimore Sun and obtained by Fox News Digital, Mosby said her conviction was the result of a prosecution that was “ill-advised and ill-prepared from the start.”
Mosby says she was improperly targeted during the investigation, though the report does not allege she was the victim of racially or politically motivated prosecution.
Federal prosecutors had filed criminal charges against Mosby, accusing her of withdrawing money from her retirement account, citing a hardship related to the pandemic, and then using the money as a down payment on two Florida properties.
Prosecutors also said he repeatedly lied on mortgage applications.
Although Mosby's mortgage fraud trial was scheduled to be held in Baltimore, it was ultimately moved to Greenbelt, Maryland, because of concerns that potential jurors might be biased due to media coverage of the case.
When the trial began, Mosby and her ex-husband, Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, both testified, with Nick Mosby saying he had lied about the federal tax debt because he was embarrassed.
Mosby told the courts that he did not knowingly make any false statements and that he signed the loan application in good faith.
But failing to disclose the loan on his application led to him being charged with mortgage fraud.
Prosecutors alleged During the trial Mosby lied, claiming she had received a $5,000 gift from her husband that had helped her obtain a lower interest rate.
It was this gift that led to the conviction, as prosecutors traced it to his account.
Fox News Digital's Louis Casciano contributed to this report.
