Baltimore City’s top prosecutor is still on the job while facing a federal indictment.
"Once you're under indictment I think you should step aside, step down, even if it's temporary, which it shouldn't be in the office," Former Baltimore City Police Commissioner Ed Norris said. "As soon as they hit me with an indictment, I resigned from state police. I was superintendent of Maryland State Police and I left."
Norris was sentenced to six months in federal prison back in 2004.
Mosby is accused of lying about experiencing COVID-related hardship on an application where she asked to withdraw about $90,000 from her Baltimore City retirement account in 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland.
"I think the problem there is it was under dubious circumstances," Norris said. "I know here we had pay reduction during COVID. We lost a bunch of money during that certain period of time, so a lot of people were able to do that. I don't think she did, I think that was where they got her."
Mosby is also charged with making false statements to influence a mortgage company, in connection with a vacation home in Florida. She allegedly failed to disclose that she owed “significant amounts of federal taxes” on a mortgage application.
"Once you're under indictment, it's extremely hard to beat the feds. I think the statistic is 97% of people who face indictment plead guilty because the rules of evidence are so skewed against the defendant," Norris said. "It's extraordinarily hard to win in federal court. Out of the 3% that go to trial, nearly all are convicted. She's got a very tough battle ahead."