Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar, her brother, and a Baltimore police officer are facing federal charges related to an alleged blackmail scheme.

Attar, a Democrat who represents Baltimore, allegedly tried to silence a political consultant from speaking out against her before the 2022 election, according to a recently unsealed federal indictment.

The indictment alleges the group secretly filmed the consultant in bed with a married man and threatened to expose the video. Four unnamed co-conspirators are also listed in the indictment.

Baltimore City police said the officer involved, Kalman Finkelstein, had his powers suspended since 2022, but he has been working with the department in an administrative role.

Attar was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2018 and was chosen to fill a

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