Marilyn Mosby’s motion to dismiss charges against her is denied by a federal judge

On Thursday, the counsel for Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby argued in federal court that high-profile fraud accusations against her stem directly from the main prosecutor’s personal, racial enmity for her.

As a result, defense counsel A. Scott Bolden told a judge that the charges against Mosby must be dropped — or, at the very least, the court must order the removal of Assistant U.S. Attorney Leo Wise from the case.

Mosby’s requests were denied by U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby. She claimed that the defendant had failed to fulfill the legal criteria for an outright dismissal of the charges or for the disqualification of a prosecuting attorney.

Griggsby’s decision puts Mosby, Baltimore’s top prosecutor, on trial in September, just two months before voters decide whether to re-elect her to a third term.

Mosby faces two counts of perjury for two separate withdrawals from her retirement account citing coronavirus-related troubles, as well as two counts of lying on a house loan application.