On Friday, attorneys for the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray filed a motion Friday to dismiss the case, the Baltimore Sun reports. They also asked State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby to recuse herself, citing “overzealous prosecution” and conflicts of interest.

Mosby’s husband is Councilman Nick Mosby—he represents Baltimore’s 7th District, where Gray was arrested. In a 23-page filing in Baltimore district court, the defense attorneys argued that the Mosby’s “seized political and personal gain” from charging the arresting officers.

“These officers soon found themselves offered up to the masses by Mrs. Mosby to quell the uprising that caused the most harm to the District where her husband is City Council representative,” the motion reads.

“Rarely in the history of any criminal case has a prosecutor so directly maintained so many conflicts of interest ... and a prosecutor steadfastly refuses to recuse him or herself,” they wrote. The Sun reports that the motion goes so far as to call the charges “extraordinary prosecutorial overreaching” and possibly “something far more nefarious.”

According to the Guardian, the six officers also threatened in a separate claim filed on Friday to sue Mosby for arresting them too quickly.

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