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“I have been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one,” Smollett explained before leaving the court building. “I would not be my mother’s son if I was capable of one drop of what I’ve been accused of."
In the actor’s mind, he had not mailed a fake letter to himself and hired 2 Nigerian men to attack him, pour bleach on him, string a noose around his neck. He had not claimed that the attackers were white racist homophobes proclaiming, “this is MAGA country.”
All of that had been “truthful and consistent.”
Smollett’s attorneys described the actor as “a victim of a hate crime” and “further victimized by claims attributed to these alleged perpetrators that Jussie played a role in his own attack.
Smollett’s attorneys described the actor as “a victim of a hate crime” and “further victimized by claims attributed to these alleged perpetrators that Jussie played a role in his own attack.
Nothing is further from the truth and anyone claiming otherwise is lying.” Police and local officials didn’t think so.
Police superintendent Eddie John said justice had not been served, and that Smollett “committed this hoax, period.” As Johnson previously pointed out, it wasn’t the police saying the attack was staged, “It’s the evidence, the facts and the witnesses that are saying it.”
But now, Johnson said Tuesday, “none of that evidence will ever be made public.”
Making that call was Cook County state attorney Kim Foxx, who drew campaign backing from George Soros and support from Democrat presidential hopeful @SenKamalaHarris.
Making that call was Cook County state attorney Kim Foxx, who drew campaign backing from George Soros and support from Democrat presidential hopeful @SenKamalaHarris.
Another key player is @TinaTchen, who spent eight years in the White House as Chief of Staff to First Lady @MichelleObama and also served as assistant to the president.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, days after Smollett reported the attack, Tchen contacted Foxx on behalf of Jussie Smollett and family members who “have concerns about the investigation.”
Foxx (allegedly) recused herself from Smollett’s prosecution and as the Chicago Tribune reported, Foxx asked police superintendent Johnson to turn over the Smollett investigation to the FBI, to which the Smollett relative replied “OMG this would be a huge victory.”
The Tribune was unable to get a comment from Tchen, reportedly a friend of mayor Rahn Emmanuel’s wife.
The FBI never took over the case and as the timeline shows, Foxx’s recusal was not publicly announced until Feb. 19, the day before charges were filed against Smollett.
The FBI never took over the case and as the timeline shows, Foxx’s recusal was not publicly announced until Feb. 19, the day before charges were filed against Smollett.
Foxx turned over the case to her top deputy Joseph Magats, without explanation. As Fraternal Order of Police president Kevin Graham explained in a statement, “That recusal is wholly insufficient."
"In order for Ms. Foxx to properly charge and try this case, her entire office should have recused itself and a special prosecutor been appointed.”
As Smollett’s gambit confirms, the hate-crime faker with powerful friends from the administration of POTUS 44 can tell lies, waste time and resources of law enforcement, and still get off with nothing.
