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Again, the horseshoe meets in Chicago.
“It also turned the spotlight back on Tchen, who in early February emailed Foxx on behalf of the Smollett family with “concerns” about the investigation.” apple.news/A0FfLSnFLSBSk9…
“It also turned the spotlight back on Tchen, who in early February emailed Foxx on behalf of the Smollett family with “concerns” about the investigation.” apple.news/A0FfLSnFLSBSk9…
“Foxx responded that she convinced Superintendent Johnson “to reach out to the FBI to ask that they take over the investigation.” A member of the Smollett family then texted Foxx after Tchen sent them her phone number.”
“This correspondence, presumably while Jussie was still considered a victim of a hate crime, ultimately led Foxx to publicly recuse herself from the investigation—except, as she revealed this week, she never legally stepped aside.”
“...Tchen went to undergrad at Harvard before receiving her law degree at Northwestern University in 1984. She stayed in Chicago and became a partner at the law firm Skadden Arps, where she stayed for 23 years.”
