Councilman, prosecutor wife scrutinized
BALTIMORE — Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby and State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, subpoenaing her campaign and the couple’s business records, according to a grand jury subpoena obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
The U.S. attorney’s office and the FBI requested a wide range of financial records related to the couple: tax returns, bank statements, credit card statements, loan documents and canceled checks. They subpoenaed Mosby’s campaign treasurer and requested records tracing to 2014, some related to the Mosbys’ private travel and consulting businesses.
In addition, Union Baptist Church received a federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about whether Nick Mosby had made contributions there, the church’s attorney, Robert Dashiell, confirmed. The pastor of another major church, Bethel AME, also said he received a subpoena, though the Rev. Patrick Clayborn said he did not know details of what it was seeking.
Federal agents visited Nick Mosby at City Hall this month, according to two sources.
The couple’s lawyer, A. Scott Bolden, issued a statement calling the investigation “a political witch hunt in its purest form.”
The couple has drawn scrutiny in recent months for business and financial dealings. The Sun reported in October that the Internal Revenue Service filed a $45,000 lien against their home for three years worth of unpaid taxes.