Posted on 12/07/2021 12:34:57 PM PST by rktman
CNN anchor Don Lemon allegedly sent disgraced actor Jussie Smollett texts during the Chicago Police Department’s investigation of his alleged hoax hate crime.
Testifying at his own trial on Monday, the former Empire star Jussie Smollett reportedly said under oath that he received a text message from Don Lemon informing him that Chicago police did not believe his account of what happened the night he claimed to have been the victim of a hate crime by two white Trump supporters.
According to the Daily Mail, Smollett’s remark “was presented and then struck from the record.”
“He said things began to seem off when he received a text message from Lemon claiming the Chicago police had reached out to him to say they didn’t believe Smollett,” noted the Mail.
After news broke that Jussie Smollett allegedly hired two brothers from Nigeria to stage the hate crime, Don Lemon, who had initially supported the actor, said that they were acquaintances.
“He even lied to a lot of people… including me. And that’s not cool,” Lemon said to his viewers. “He squandered the good will of very high-profile people who one day may be running this country like Kamala Harris and Cory Booker and people like President Trump.”
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Another one bites the dust....
I wonder how long until they can rearrange the schedule to fire him, as well.
Bung hole buddies....
And I wonder how Don Lemon knew this information?
IS THIS MORON STICKING TO HIS STORY ON THE STAND??????
Get the texts from Kamala Harris - and make sure you get her husband’s, too.
Why would they strike that remark from the record?
Bung hole buddies....
Bunch of bilge bangers....
Even if he’s convicted, he won’t do any time and will get a fine and some community service or house arrest......................
Can Lemon be criminally charged with interfering in a police investigation?
I guess they would have done it by now. This was known two years ago.
Don’t forget that Jussie is also a big Fo0... Friends of the 0bamas.
You know how sometimes when radio stations change their format, they put a single song on loop for a couple days before going on the air (or maybe that’s just happened in Cleveland)?
I’ve fantasized that if I were the one that bought out CNN, I’d literally broadcast an empty news desk for 72 straight hours or so. Just nothing, everything and everybody purged.
Sorry...just musing.
Don't know. Heresay, maybe?
The cops knew the story was bullschitt, yet some calls were made from DC to invest in 60 cops and 3000 hours to prove it was bullschitt
Why does Lemon still have a job?
Do police departments ‘reach out’ to cable news personalities and tell them details of an active investigation?
“..he won’t do any time and will get a fine and some community service or house arrest.”
Didn’t the Chi Cops say they had spent $300K+ on the investigation?
Yes
Even getting combative with the prosecutor and getting a little slap from the judge for not answering a simple yes or no when asked
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