{"id":2236724,"date":"2024-05-03T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-pressed-on-ex-baltimore-prosecutor-marilyn-mosbys-pardon-request\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T16:59:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:59:20","slug":"white-house-pressed-on-ex-baltimore-prosecutor-marilyn-mosbys-pardon-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-pressed-on-ex-baltimore-prosecutor-marilyn-mosbys-pardon-request\/","title":{"rendered":"White House faces pressure over Marilyn Mosby&#8217;s pardon plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-pressed-on-ex-baltimore-prosecutor-marilyn-mosbys-pardon-request%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2236724&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House faced inquiries on granting a pardon to Marilyn Mosby, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-trump-campaign-says-clark-county-registrar-joe-gloria-hiding-from-subpoena-service\/\" title=\"Nevada: Trump Campaign Says Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria Hiding From Subpoena Service\">state attorney<\/a> of Baltimore.\u200d Mosby, convicted of perjury and mortgage\u2064 fraud, could face a 40-year sentence. She claims the charges stem from prosecuting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kenosha-wis-under-emergency-declaration-ahead-of-decision-in-jacob-blake-case\/\" title=\"Kenosha, Wis. under emergency declaration ahead of decision in Jacob Blake case\">officers involved<\/a> in the 2015 death of Freddie Gray. The situation is under scrutiny for potential presidential \u2062intervention. The White House is under scrutiny regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kathy-hochul-says-it-is-too-premature-to-discuss-pardon-for-andrew-cuomo\/\" title=\"Kathy Hochul Says It Is Too \u2018Premature\u2019 To Discuss Pardon For Andrew Cuomo\">potential pardon<\/a> for Marilyn Mosby, the former\u200c state attorney \u2063of Baltimore. Mosby, convicted of perjury and mortgage fraud, is facing a possible \u206340-year sentence. She asserts that the charges\u200b are linked to her prosecution of\u2064 officers in the Freddie \u2064Gray case of 2015, \u2064raising \u200bquestions about\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-really-bungled-this-baby-formula-shortage-crisis-and-heres-the-proof\/\" title=\"Biden Really Bungled This Baby Formula Shortage Crisis, And Here\u2019s The Proof\">presidential involvement<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a> was repeatedly pressed Friday about offering a presidential pardon to former state attorney Marilyn Mosby of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/baltimore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Baltimore\">Baltimore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mosby faces up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/criminal-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"40 years\">40 years<\/a> in prison after being found guilty of perjury and mortgage fraud but says the convictions are related to her decision to charge police officers involved in Freddie Gray\u2019s death in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m confident that this administration will see past the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-prosecutor-indicates-criminal-charges-possible-against-gretchen-whitmer-over-nursing-home-deaths\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Prosecutor Indicates Criminal Charges Possible Against Gretchen Whitmer Over Nursing Home Deaths\">political attacks<\/a>,\u201d Mosby told MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid. \u201cI know that I\u2019ve done nothing wrong, nothing criminal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the White House press briefing, <em>The Grio<\/em>\u2018s April Ryan asked if President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> would consider a pardon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Mosby] was one of the those who really was groundbreaking in efforts of policing and accountability,\u201d Ryan said. \u201c[Political commentator] Bakari Sellers says that it looks like political persecution as well as retribution for what she did many years ago in the Freddie Gray case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Karine Jean-Pierre\">Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> did not weigh in on Biden\u2019s stance, saying it is up to the Department of Justice. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to be speaking to any individual pardon request,\u201d she said. \u201cThat is not something I can do. The Department of Justice has their process, a process that is thorough, that is deliberative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan stressed that Biden could \u201cadd his voice to this petition,\u201d but Jean-Pierre repeated that Mosby will need to go through the DOJ\u2019s process. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mosby\u2019s sentencing is scheduled for May 23. <\/p>\n<p>While some have argued that Mosby\u2019s situation stems from her prosecution of the officers involved in Gray\u2019s death, the indictment against her came from Democratic U.S. attorney Erek Barron and has been handled by Biden-nominated U.S. district judge Lydia Kay Griggsby, the <em>Baltimore Sun <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/2024\/05\/01\/marilyn-mosby-seeking-presidential-pardon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, the White House faced inquiries on a potential presidential pardon for Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore&#8217;s former state attorney. Mosby, convicted of perjury and mortgage fraud, could serve up to 40 years. 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