Marilyn and Nick Mosby

Links to Baltimore Brew's coverage of Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby and her husband, City Council President Nick Mosby, including the story we broke on July 16, 2020, about Marilyn Mosby's travel and private businesses.

DOCUMENT: Donations to the Mosby 2021 Trust, with names redacted by the city

The Maryland Public Information Act Compliance Board said that the names must be released. But a judge overturned them after the Scott administration filed an appeal.

Ruling on Mosby defense fund donor redactions: Disappointing and wrong

The Maryland PIA Compliance Board correctly likened the donations to campaign contributions and ordered them released. By overturning that decision, Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill erred [OP-ED]

Marilyn Mosby convicted on one count of mortgage fraud

Convicted of three of four felony charges during two trials, Baltimore’s former top prosecutor faces efforts to suspend her law license and the possible confiscation of her Florida vacation home.

Marilyn Mosby blames her mortgage broker as defense in her federal trial rests

“I did not populate this form. My Easy Mortgage populated this form,” Baltimore’s ex-state’s attorney said repeatedly today.

Months of speculation end as Marilyn Mosby takes the stand

The former Baltimore State’s Attorney’s testimony in her mortgage fraud trial continues today under cross-examination by federal prosecutors.

At Marilyn Mosby’s trial, prosecutor delves into Nick Mosby’s consulting business, which spent big on clothing

Baltimore’s City Council president is accused of setting up an LLC as a pass-through to buy thousands of dollars worth of Michael Kors, Brooks Brothers and other brands.

By turns testy and tearful, Nick Mosby takes the stand and accepts the blame

Mentioning other investigations that his ex-wife Marilyn Mosby has faced, Baltimore’s Council President causes some problems for the defense in her mortgage fraud trial.

A real estate novice who trusted her husband? Or a sophisticated lawyer who knowingly lied?

Lawyers present two depictions of former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby as her mortgage fraud trial gets underway in Greenbelt.

Marilyn Mosby seeks favorable pre-trial rulings, but judge grants few of them

Prosecutors will be able to ask Mosby about her conviction in November on two counts of perjury, Judge Griggsby rules.

No sentencing for Marilyn Mosby until after her mortgage fraud trial

The judge who presided over her perjury trial last week says a trial on additional charges related to her purchase of two Florida properties will be scheduled in early 2024.

Marilyn Mosby is found guilty of two counts of perjury

Baltimore’s ex-state’s attorney now faces separate federal charges for lying on two mortgage applications.

Honest mistake or knowing lie? Jury begins deliberations in Marilyn Mosby trial

After Baltimore’s former top prosecutor opts not to take the stand, they’ll decide her fate on federal charges.

A difficult day for Marilyn Mosby on Day Two of her trial

The judge limited testimony implying that Mosby had falsely told The Brew that Mahogany Elite was not operating for “political reasons.” Prosecutors outlined tough questions they”ll ask if Mosby takes the stand today.

Opening day surprise: Marilyn Mosby now describes her businesses as “a professional women’s retreat company”

Also new: testimony that strongly suggests that Baltimore’s former top prosecutor used her LLCs as a tax write-off.

Marilyn Mosby perjury trial set to start next week

Jury selection is expected to get underway on Tuesday at U.S. District Court in Greenbelt at the first of two federal trials against Baltimore’s ex-state’s attorney.

BREW EXCLUSIVE: Marilyn Mosby files for divorce

Baltimore’s ex-state’s attorney files for a limited divorce and child custody in Baltimore City Circuit Court.

Baltimore Ethics Board: Don’t make a mockery of Maryland’s Public Information Act

The decision to redact the Mosby legal defense fund donors’ names should be changed. It’s legally indefensible and doesn’t make common sense. [OP-ED]

Judge rules City Council President Nick Mosby violated ethics laws through his legal defense fund

But the evidence was “weak” that Mosby accepted money from controlled donors, or people doing business with the city, Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill decides.

Marilyn Mosby trial not likely to begin until the fall

“Were looking at September and possibly into October,” Judge Griggsby says at a scheduling conference today.

Judge lets Marilyn Mosby’s legal team quit, likely leading to a third trial delay

Declaring Baltimore’s former top prosecutor “indigent,” Judge Griggsby appoints a federal public defender to represent her.

Judge turns down Marilyn Mosby’s request for a change of venue

Judge Griggsby also places a limited gag order on Mosby’s defense attorneys, instructing them not to make unfounded statements to the media of racial animus by prosecutors.

Nick Mosby’s Ethics Board case is again delayed

His appeal of a finding that he violated ethics rules is now scheduled to take place on February 13.

Nick Mosby files last-minute rebuttal to ethics charges, suggesting next week’s court hearing will be delayed

Now represented by a lawyer, Mosby has refused to release the names of donors to a fund set up for him and his wife, Marilyn Mosby.

City Council lauds Marilyn Mosby for “eight years of distinguished service”

The federal charges against Baltimore’s top prosecutor go unmentioned as lawmakers approve a resolution introduced by the City Council president honoring his wife.

Marilyn and Nick Mosby each report $0.00 in their campaign bank accounts

UPDATED with screenshots of apparent financial discrepancies in Marilyn Mosby’s reports to the Elections Board.

Nick Mosby gets 2-month reprieve to find a lawyer in ethics case

Baltimore’s second-highest elected official is fighting an ethics board order that he return money collected by his and his wife’s defense fund from parties doing business with the city.

Pushed back trial date gives Marilyn Mosby four more months on the job

On what was supposed to be the first day of jury selection for Baltimore’s embattled state’s attorney, squabbling, rescheduling and a gag order request unanswered.

Marilyn Mosby trial, again postponed, not likely to get underway until next year

The judge and attorneys are to return to federal court tomorrow to hammer out a new date.

Prosecutors push to show jury Marilyn Mosby’s response to 2020 Brew story that first disclosed her travel company

The answers given by Mosby’s office to The Brew about the non-operational status of her travel company are “vital” to its case, government asserts.

Marilyn Mosby’s private businesses will be a key element at her upcoming trial

Prosecutors want to show how Mosby, who now claims they were the source of her pandemic-related financial hardship, previously said the entities were “not operational.”

Prosecutors: Mosby aware of tax lien she claimed her husband lied about and said was paid

The latest filing in the case presents the government’s legal strategy, including evidence meant to show she was not an “innocent spouse.”

Nick Mosby challenges Ethics Board ruling that he engaged in improper fundraising

Last month, Mosby said he would comply with the board’s order. But on Friday, he filed an appeal in court, acting as his own attorney.

Mosby legal defense fund was on a collision course with the IRS

The trust set up to raise money for Nick and Marilyn Mosby had more potential problems than violating the city’s ethics ordinance. AN ANALYSIS.

A publicist and two lawyers are behind the Mosbys’ legal defense fund

A mystery partly revealed: IRS records provide the names of those who set up the fund that raises money online for Baltimore’s power couple.

Nick Mosby violated city ethics law on gift solicitations

City Council president failed to distance himself from a shadowy fund set up for him and his indicted wife. Tried to thwart probe of the fund, ethics panel says.

A January 6 moment at City Hall as Mosby recruits a housing firebrand from Boston

Lawmakers criticize Mosby for letting the nonprofit CEO disrespect council members and the mayor, and suggesting that his group could turn violent.

Judge denies defense motions to dismiss charges against Marilyn Mosby

Her lawyers failed to present any objective evidence that prosecutors are biased against Baltimore’s state’s attorney, Judge Griggsby rules.

Video announcing Marilyn Mosby’s re-election kick-off is taken down over copyright claim

Launching her bid for a third term, Baltimore’s indicted state’s attorney says in a now unavailable video: “We take whatever is thrown our way and we keep fighting”

Federal judge walks back restrictions on media and public attendance at Mosby hearing

The decision comes after reporters protest. “Judge Griggsby values the input of the press and has carefully considered those objections.”

Judge places restrictions on media covering pivotal Mosby pre-trial hearing

Only three reporters are to be allowed in the courtroom where Marilyn Mosby’s lawyers will argue for dismissal of the federal charges against her.

Sparks fly as Marilyn Mosby takes her (unofficial) reelection campaign to Roland Park

“I’m not going to allow you or anyone else to distract me. Next question.”

For Marilyn Mosby, a new trial date – and a new lawyer on her team

Sources say Gary Proctor, who represented one of the police officers Mosby prosecuted unsuccessfully in the Freddie Gray case, is joining her defense team.

Marilyn Mosby amends report that falsely attributed contribution to her dead grandfather

Meanwhile, the election board finds that Nick and Marilyn Mosby’s use of campaign money to pay lawyers did not violate state law.

Documents related to the “ghost” contributions from Marilyn Mosby’s dead grandfather

Untangling some of the financial dealings found in the public record.

Mosbys say they mistakenly listed deceased grandfather as campaign contributor

The falsely attributed contributions were a “simple administrative oversight,” they say in a joint statement. Questions about a $58,000 bank loan were not answered.

Giving from the grave? Marilyn Mosby’s dead grandfather contributed to her and her husband’s campaigns

Latest contribution: $500 last November by a man who died in 2015. A look at Nick Mosby’s power of attorney and a little-known loan from Harbor Bank.

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The feds point to the alleged criminal behavior of Nick Mosby

The superseding indictment of Marilyn Mosby raises questions about the role played by her husband, Baltimore’s second highest elected officeholder. [ANALYSIS]

DPW records the Mosby water bill as now paid

Payment was made after The Brew disclosed that the power couple had ignored a year’s worth of water charges.

Nick and Marilyn Mosby haven’t paid their water bill in a year

The Mosbys certainly aren’t the biggest water nonpayment scofflaws, but Nick Mosby pledged that making everyone pay their “fair share” would be a top priority.

May 2 trial date set for Marilyn Mosby

Mosby, facing a four-count indictment, had asked for a speedy trial ahead of the June 28 primary.

Marilyn Mosby says her husband’s tax decisions and lies placed her in legal jeopardy

In new filings, Baltimore’s indicted state’s attorney says she is an “innocent spouse” and adds new names – most notably that of City Council President Nick Mosby – to the list of those she blames.

Marilyn Mosby, who pleads not guilty today, pleaded for campaign contributions last night

Baltimore’s State’s Attorney is using the federal indictment against her that she says is “political” to raise money for her re-election campaign.

Marilyn Mosby used campaign funds to pay her defense attorneys

A report filed last night shows Mosby paid nearly $50,000 to lawyers representing her as she faced a criminal probe, despite Maryland law prohibiting such expenditures.

Again declaring Marilyn Mosby innocent, her attorney responds to questions about her companies

How could Mosby claim financial hardship on businesses that her spokeswoman and prior lawyers said were not operating? “I don’t know how you define operational. . . They were running.”

At the heart of Marilyn Mosby’s perjury charges, the web of words she wove about her travel company

A lawyer breaks down the conflicting statements by Baltimore’s criminally indicted top prosecutor about the private travel company she formed. [ANALYSIS]

Many questions linger around private travel businesses Mosby cites in her defense

Her attorney says Mosby did suffer Covid-related hardship – from her private companies – but Mosby has previously said the companies had no clients or revenue and were not operational.

Marilyn Mosby indicted for perjury and filing false loan applications

Federal prosecutors say the Baltimore State’s Attorney lied on applications for mortgages to buy Florida condominiums and lied about Covid hardship to gain access to tax-deferred retirement money.

Marilyn Mosby is holding a fundraiser this evening while her fate is up in the air

“Hope all my peeps can make it,” Mosby writes as the race for her seat heats up and a separate online fund raises money for her and her City Council president husband’s legal defense in federal probe.

New travel rules approved as Marilyn Mosby haunts a Board of Estimates meeting

Mayor Scott says the new policy will cover Baltimore’s 18 elected officials, including State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. Earlier today, Nick Mosby appeared to exclude his wife from travel disclosure.

Nick Mosby again requests delay of travel policies that would affect his wife

The proposed travel rules came about after State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby disputed an inspector general’s report about her extensive travels in 2018 and 2019.

Amended travel policy would require State’s Attorney Mosby to report her trips

UPDATED: At Nick Mosby’s request, the Board of Estimates deferred action on the new travel rules – rules that came about after reports of his wife’s travels in 2018 and 2019.

Radio interview turns tense as Council President denies federal tax lien

Nick Mosby is confronted with a copy of the tax lien notice whose existence he had just denied.

Marilyn Mosby amends her state ethics disclosure and declares her innocence

UPDATED: The changes have little to do with the criminal probe by the U.S. attorney’s office into the Mosbys’ taxes, campaign finances and private businesses.

State’s Attorney Mosby: Baltimore will stop drug and sex prosecutions

City will partner with groups that provide services to sex workers and with Baltimore Crisis Response to divert cases away from law enforcement, her office says.

Hitting back at federal prosecutors, Marilyn Mosby’s lawyer tells a different story from the 2018 rendition

With a grand jury investigation gaining traction, attorney A. Scott Bolden has switched around the storyline of a controversial firing by Marilyn Mosby.

Marilyn Mosby said in mortgage documents she’d use Florida property as second home, then she made it a rental

By signing a rider that she would not rent out the property, Mosby got a roughly $50,000 break on the down payment and will pay a lower interest rate.

BREW EXCLUSIVE: Marilyn Mosby purchased a $476,000 Florida condominium last month

The purchase was made just weeks before federal prosecutors placed Mosby and her husband, City Council President Nick Mosby, under official investigation. ••UPDATE•• The Brew finds that Marilyn Mosby owns a second Florida house.

Federal prosecutors are investigating Marilyn and Nick Mosby’s businesses, travel and tax deductions

UPDATED: The U.S. Attorney’s Office looks at activities that were first disclosed by Baltimore Brew, in exclusive reporting that began last summer and has since continued.

Marilyn Mosby refuses to say if campaign funds were used to send threatening letter to former prosecutor

The Mosby campaign paid $11,000 to a Washington law firm that acted on Mosby’s personal behalf, which is a prohibited practice under Maryland election law.

Implying racial bias, Nick Mosby fails to stop BOE from spiking a contract

The latest battleground between the Council president and the Scott administration is a Black-owned towing company whose performance was faulted by the police and inspector general.

Nick Mosby uses BOE as a sounding board for complaints about the inspector general

Attorneys for two towing companies cited for irregularities are given free rein to air their grievances. IG Cumming fires back.

Nick Mosby, at loggerheads with Scott over new staff, secures some upgraded positions

The Council president has not abandoned his campaign to add staff – and he’s willing to hold up confirmation of Scott’s cabinet appointments to get his way. UPDATED.

Presser questioning Baltimore’s inspector general is postponed when it coincides with strippers’ protest

A scheduled news conference by Marilyn Mosby supporters is drowned out by exotic dancers saying they’re being unfairly treated by Covid restrictions.

Cumming says she won’t revise her Mosby report despite demands by the state’s attorney to do so

“To me as the investigator, there was never a question” that city travel policy required reporting by elected officials as well as employees, Inspector General says in WYPR interview.

City Solicitor indicates Mosby’s failure to report travel was not a violation because the rules are ambiguous

It’s not clear that the state’s attorney, mayor, and other elected officials must follow the same reporting rules as city workers, he says. Scott convenes a work group to clarify.

Marilyn Mosby amends her finance report, adding $19,223.61 to her campaign bank account

The amendment squares her campaign’s bank account with the cash balance reported by her committee. Retired state investigator Jim Cabezas renews his call for an investigation.

Marilyn Mosby’s campaign finance report is riddled with mismatched names and addresses

Who actually contributed money to Baltimore’s state’s attorney last year? Based on the report that Marilyn Mosby filed with the State Elections Board, it’s impossible to say. A BREW EXCLUSIVE.

Mosby campaign issues statement on Brew’s story about her legal fees

“There was never an intent to mislead,” Mosby’s political committee says, while a former chief investigator calls on State Prosecutor Charlton Howard to investigate Mosby’s use of campaign funds to pay for her lawyers.

Cumming stands her ground, dismissing criticism by Mosby’s lawyers

Says it is “well-established” practice for city officials to get approval for travel even if no taxpayer funds are involved.

Marilyn Mosby’s lawyers were paid with campaign funds

In a possible violation of state law, legal fees arising from the inspector general’s investigation of the travel and business activities of Baltimore’s state’s attorney were paid by Mosby’s campaign committee. A BREW EXCLUSIVE.

For Marilyn Mosby, a taxing question

Under IRS rules, was it allowable for Baltimore’s state’s attorney to deduct travel expenses on companies she created but says she never operated? [OP-ED]

Seeking exoneration, Marilyn Mosby instead gets a highly critical report from Baltimore’s IG

The state’s attorney was gone from the office for 144 work days in 2018-19, did not report 15 out-of-town trips to the Board of Estimates and used LLCs she said were not operating as businesses as tax write-offs.

Mosby shares his vision for Baltimore with a speech and special video

At his inauguration, with rhetorical flourishes and high production values, the new City Council President promises “I will fight for you!”

Nick Mosby says he paid his federal tax lien

Baltimore’s next City Council President holds his first post-election press conference and responds to a backlog of media questions.

Nick Mosby’s real estate partner conducts questionable evictions

The West Baltimore property is not registered as a rental and is not lead-certified, according to online records. Mosby’s partner disputes the online record and claims the delegate co-owns the house in name only.

Nick Mosby owns consulting company based at the address of a contributor

A company owned by the expected incoming City Council president is linked to the offices of developer Samuel Himmelrich. What Monumental Squared LLC actually does is unclear.

Mayor Young seeks nine new positions for his ally, Nick Mosby

BREW EXCLUSIVE: Brandon Scott says he will object to a deal that increases the number of hires by the next Council President by 33%.

Former state investigator asks for probe of Marilyn Mosby’s travel and consulting business

Baltimore’s State’s Attorney initially failed to disclose three companies she formed in 2019 amid numerous out-of-town trips.

Mosby asks Inspector General to review her travel and private businesses following Brew reporting

Baltimore’s top prosecutor says this website’s disclosure of LLCs she formed and that she was away for 85 days in 2018 and 2019 was “misleading and unethical.”

Marilyn Mosby answers few questions about her travel companies

Baltimore’s top prosecutor goes on social media to decry The Brew’s reporting of her out-of-state travel. A closer look at the businesses that Mosby formed in 2019.

The Peripatetic Prosecutor: Marilyn Mosby took 23 trips in 2018 and 2019, accepting $30,000 in reimbursements

Baltimore’s top prosecutor has also formed a travel company, reportedly to help underserved Black families vacation at discount prices. SPECIAL REPORT.

Prosecutor Mosby’s complex “police family background”

State’s attorney’s life story gives her an apt perspective on the law enforcement issues raised by the Freddie Gray case.