Top Aides Resign From Kim Foxx's Office After Jussie Smollett Case

Huffington Post via Yahoo ^ | 4/19/19 | Amy Russo

[Libloather]

Two top staffers for Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx are resigning following the office’s decision to drop 16 charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who is suspected of having staged a hate crime against himself.

According to the Chicago Tribune, chief ethics officer April Perry and special prosecutor Mark Rotert, who leads the Conviction Integrity Unit, will step down on May 3.

In a statement to HuffPost, Foxx praised Rotert for making the unit “a national model,” noting that during his tenure, “we have vacated the convictions of over 70 wrongfully convicted men and women.”

[Libloather]

Foxx also expressed gratitude for Perry, whom she called “a valuable resource to the office in ensuring that we operate with the highest levels of integrity and professionalism.”

Amazing.

[wastoute]

The real question is did they break any laws dropping the charges on SMollett when they did not have the actual authority to do so?

[HighSierra5]

Rats leaving the ship.

[Doogle]

They don’t wanna testify...

[olepap]

That Kim Foxx is a peculiar looking creature. Her extreme maxillary prognathism gives her a simian appearance.

[blueunicorn6]

These Chicago Democrats are making Al Capone look like a choir boy.

[Celtic Conservative]

You went all out to say “overbite”, didn’t ‘ya?

CC

[knarf]

Before I resigned, I’d bring charges and attempt a removal .... Resigning just stops feeding your family, but the bitch goes on.

[Bonemaker]

Prominent supraorbital ridge.

[MayflowerMadam]

Maybe I’m not understanding the whole thing, but aren’t the wrong people resigning? The Ethics lady who warned Foxx is leaving, I believe, but Foxx remains ...?

[aquila48]

You talk about “obstruction of justice”, she’s the poster child.