Posted on 03/09/2019 4:49:23 AM PST by Magnatron
A grand jury's decision to indict Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts was "outrageous," the defense lawyer for the "Empire" actor said Friday.
Such charges have never before been filed on a "victim of a hate crime," attorney Mark Geragos told anchor Anderson Cooper on CNN's "AC360."
What is happening here is, frankly, a media gangbang of this guy of unprecedented proportions," Geragos said. "And thats the reason I got into this. Ive never seen a media pendulum swing more quickly and viciously and rob somebody of their presumption of innocence like this case. Its startling the way people assume that hes guilty."
The indictment released Friday details Smolletts disorderly conduct charges for allegedly fabricating a hate crime in late January in Chicago.
Geragos slammed Chicago investigators, who he insisted did not speak to anyone at 20th Century Fox or from the "Empire" television series over Smolletts supposed salary frustrations. The network had no comment Friday.
The lawyer also slammed the Chicago Police Department over alleged leaks to the media, saying all of the information that was being leaked was false.
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Am I the only person who fails to see why all the fuss over Jussies engagement to the guy on the cell block with the most cigarettes?
People are acting as if its a Royal Wedding or something
How about Best Wishes for the happy couple, and we leave it at that?
Actually charges are never filed against perpetrators of hate crime hoaxes and that is why they continue.
It looks like Jussie did something in all of this that really pizzed the Dancing Queen off.
If the dems weren't on board, this would have all gone away by now.
Maybe his lawyer will try the Ilhan Omar defense. “Your Honor, my client is too stupid to know this was a bad thing to do.”
He’s a victim of his own stupidity.
Lawyers give lawyers a bad name.
Geragos is lying and placing the race card to defend a man who lied and played the race card.
Some people pay good money for stuff like gangbangs.
It was his attempt to help ComDem officials to move legislation to cripple the opposition. Those ComDem Officials should be exposed along with him. If they dig deep enough, in my opinion, they would be able to connect him with at least 2 of them.
Let’s not miss the real importance of this, If the ComDem insurgency were to succeed in taking congress and the White House, we would have a live battle going on to still be a free nation.
They fully intend to destroy the US and pick up the pieces and re-engineer everything to suit them.
Blood would run in the streets if they did.
and yet, Kavanaugh’s lying accuser walks free
Hmmm...Could that be because Smollett made complete Jackasses out of the big media kingpins, top Democrat politicians and race industry CEO's?
I wouldn't take that bet with your money.
I think you've lost sight of the fact Smollett made total fools of not only the lying leftist media, but celebrities, Hollywood and some of the biggest most vocal Democrats in the country....Not to mention making idiots out of the race peddlers.
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