you gotta laugh

 Some things you can only laugh about. I thought to share this one this morning after listening to the news. The Baltimore city states attorney is under indictment for fraud. She claimed benefits under the Covid relief program while withdrawing 80 thousand dollars from her retirement account. It saved her 8000 dollars. She used this money to purchase two homes in Florida. Well, to obtain mortgages on those homes. She signed documents saying one of those homes would be her second home to obtain another tax break. She never even moved into the house but rather entered into a rental agreement. She has since sold the home. So, the Federal government indicted her on four charges, producing the signed documents that show her signature. 

 Okay, so elections for that office are in June of this year. Ms. Mosby has not yet filed to run but is saying all of this is politically motivated. That and it is racially motivated because she is black. She has claimed innocence since the beginning. This morning her defense team is filing for a motion to dismiss those federal charges. Besides the political and racial motivations to discredit Ms. Mosby her team has devised a new defense. Her husband did it! Yup, that's what I'm laughing about. The defense is now, she's not guilty because she didn't do anything wrong, her husband did it, behind her back and she didn't know anything about it. The same husband that denied at least seven times, on tape, that there was a tax lien on their property. By the way, he is the City Council president. The tax lien has since been satisfied, however. She's not upset with him though, this whole thing is simply because she might run for reelection and she is black. The Mayor is black, the Police Commissioner is Black, The City Council president is black, the majority of the leadership in Baltimore city is black. Must be that only she is being discriminated against.

 Now not one of the more prominent black lawyers/activists or whatever title you want to apply have come to her defense. No Jesse Jackson, no Al Sharpton, no Quasi Mfume. All have been silent, and she is acquainted with them all. Her first defense was simply, it's a political hit! The federal government singled her out because she is a black woman. When signed documents were presented, her signature, blocks checked claiming pandemic relief was required, she insisted I didn't do anything wrong! I want to go to trial today! A little later she closes all her social media accounts, except for her legal defense fund one, she only makes 250,000 a year and can't afford an attorney, even though she herself is an attorney. And now, it's my husband's fault, I'm innocent, I didn't know anything about any of it. My husband just signed my name. 

 What a brillant defense. Just blame someone else. Even if that someone else is your husband and president of the city council. I haven't seen or heard his reaction to this, should be interesting. A federal indictment on four charges and the defense is: my husband did it. I'm thinking saying my dog ate the paperwork might work better. You just gotta laugh.