Overview
- The eight-count indictment alleges a plot to plant trackers and recording devices, obtain footage of two people in bed, and use it to deter criticism of Dalya Attar’s election efforts.
- Court filings say Attar, her brother Joseph Attar, and Baltimore police officer Kalman Finkelstein are in federal custody after the case was unsealed.
- The charges listed include conspiracy, extortion via interstate communications, aiding and abetting, and interception and disclosure of a wire.
- Prosecutors cite WhatsApp messages and voice notes in which participants discussed leaking the video, including a warning attributed to Attar about releasing it if a critic did not stop.
- The alleged target was a former campaign consultant recorded in an apartment tied to Finkelstein’s family, with threats described as reaching the consultant’s family prospects; Senate leaders said they learned of the arrest upon its release, and no attorney was listed for Attar.