BALTIMORE, Md. — In an arraignment hearing on Monday morning, Sen. Dalya Attar pleaded not guilty to federal charges.

She was indicted on charges of extortion and conspiracy , according to court documents unsealed late last month.

The indictment alleges that Attar, along with her brother Joseph "Yossi" Attar and BPD officer Kalman Finkelstein, conspired to extort a political consultant who had formerly worked for the Attar campaign to keep her from saying negative things about Attar.

According to the indictment, a hidden camera was placed inside the apartment the consultant was staying at, and captured an affair the consultant had with a married man.

This simulated WhatsApp chat is based on messages the indictment alleges Dalya Attar sent to an unnamed co-conspirator:

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