WASHINGTON — A Democratic state senator from Maryland has been indicted on eight criminal counts relating to an alleged extortion scheme to threaten a possible critic over an affair, an unsealed ...

Democratic state Sen. Dalya Attar of Maryland was one of three people charged with extortion and conspiracy by a federal grand jury, according to court documents unsealed Thursday. Attar, a former ...

Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar, D-Baltimore City, pleaded not guilty on Monday to a scheme in which she allegedly blackmailed a former campaign consultant. Attar, her brother Joseph Attar and ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland state senator has been indicted on federal charges including extortion related to her 2022 campaign for a state House seat for allegedly conspiring to threaten the release ...

Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar, D-Baltimore City, on Tuesday moved to dismiss parts of her indictment for a scheme to blackmail a former campaign consultant. Attar filed a motion to dismiss three of ...

Under Maryland law, Democratic State Sen. Dalya Attar can remain in office while under indictment on federal charges alleging she conspired to extort two people connected to her political campaigns.

A Maryland state senator has been charged in an alleged blackmail scheme that involved secretly filming a former political consultant in bed with a married lover. Dalya Attar, a Democrat from ...

Federal officials allege Maryland State Sen. Dalya Attar was involved in an extortion conspiracy to silence two people from detracting from or negatively influencing her election campaigns. The ...