If there really had been two MAGA guys who beat this character up, would they be negotiating with them? Smollett is really getting kid-gloves treatment - one slap on the wrist coming up.
This is actually pretty much the normal routine. It’s a non-violent crime, he’s represented by counsel, so he’ll surrender about 9, get booked, have a bail hearing at 11:30, get bonded out, and be home by 2. They’ll probably offer to let him leave the back way, but he’ll want to make a courthouse steps speech.