Federal prosecutors oppose withdrawal request made by Marilyn Mosby’s attorneys

BALTIMORE — Federal prosecutors have filed a movement opposing Marilyn Mosby’s protection staff’s request to withdraw from her perjury and mortgage fraud case, in line with court docket paperwork.

Mosby’s six personal attorneys filed a movement to withdraw from her case on Thursday after a sequence of rulings earlier this week created important hurdles for them, together with the potential of prison contempt costs towards her lead lawyer, A. Scott Bolden.

4 of the attorneys, who work at Bolden’s regulation agency, mentioned they might now not characterize Mosby due to a battle, whereas the remaining two mentioned they do not have the time and assets to take over the protection alone.

Baltimore lawyer Jeremy Elderidge advised WJZ’s Kelsey Kushner following the submitting of the movement that the court docket must decide that there was a battle of curiosity with the intention to approve the withdrawal request. 

Courtroom paperwork filed on Saturday present that federal prosecutors decided that Mosby’s protection counsel had “failed to ascertain ‘different good trigger’ to withdraw.

“On the outset, the Authorities notes that whereas not one of the protection counsel have demonstrated good trigger to withdraw as mentioned in additional element under, the Authorities wouldn’t object to Mr. Bolden withdrawing in mild of his habits throughout the pendency of this case,” the paperwork state. “The Authorities is assured that the matter could be dealt with in a extra skilled and civil matter by any of the opposite 5 attorneys that characterize the Defendant.”

Mosby lately left workplace after serving two high-profile phrases as Baltimore state’s lawyer. She was defeated in a Democratic major final yr after federal prosecutors accused her of mendacity about experiencing pandemic-related monetary hardship with the intention to make early withdrawals from her retirement account. She used the cash to purchase two Florida trip properties.

Mosby faces two counts every of perjury and mortgage fraud. Her trial is scheduled to start on March 27 in Baltimore.