Maryland State Sen. Dalya Attar, her brother, and a Baltimore police officer pleaded not guilty in federal court on Monday to charges related to an alleged blackmail scheme, according to our media partner, The Baltimore Banner .

Attar, a Democrat who represents Baltimore, her brother, and Officer Kalman Finkelstein, are facing extortion and conspiracy charges for allegedly trying to silence a political consultant from speaking out before the 2022 election.

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.

Finkelstein has had his police powers suspended since 2022, but he has been working with the Baltimore Police Department in an administrative ro

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