Federal officials have charged Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar, a Democrat from Baltimore, with extortion in a plot that allegedly involved surreptitious recordings of a political foe in bed with a romantic partner. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

Attar allegedly threatened to expose the foe’s affair in an effort to prevent her from saying negative things about Attar’s 2022 candidacy, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court Thursday morning.

Attar, the first Orthodox Jewish woman to serve in the state Senate; her brother; and a third co-defendant are charged with eight counts related to extortion and wiretapping, according to the indictment.

The alleged target of the extortion was a consultant for Attar’s 2018 House of Delegat

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