A Maryland Democratic state senator, her brother and a Baltimore police officer have been charged with extortion after prosecutors say the lawmaker masterminded a blackmail scheme in which a former political consultant-turned-critic was recorded in bed with a married man.

State Sen. Dalya Attar allegedly threatened to expose the affair to prevent the unnamed consultant from publicly speaking out against her 2022 re-election bid for the Maryland House of Delegates, investigators allege in an eight-count indictment unsealed Thursday.

The alleged victim had worked on Attar’s 2018 House of Delegates campaign, but the two later fell out for unclear reasons, according to the indictment.

Maryland Democratic State Senator Dalya Attar, her brother and a Baltimore police officer have been charg

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