Posted on 03/26/2019 11:33:57 AM PDT by detective
Shortly after prosecutors formally dropped charges against Jussie Smollett on Tuesday, the embattled Empire actor held a press conference to discuss the new development.
“First of all, I want to thank my family, my friends, the incredible people of Chicago and all over the country and the world who have supported me, prayed for me, who showed me so much love,” Smollett began. “No one will ever know how much that has meant to me, and I will be forever grateful.”
He continued, “I want you to know that not for a moment was it in vain. I have been truthful and consistent on every single level since Day One. I would not be my mother’s son if I was capable of one drop of what I have been accused of. This has been an incredibly difficult time, honestly one of the worst of my entire life. But I am a man of faith and I am a man that has knowledge of my history, and I would not bring my family, our lives or the movement through a fire like this. I just wouldn’t.”
“I want to thank my legal counsel from the bottom of my heart, and I would also like to thank the state of Illinois for attempting to do what’s right. I would like nothing more than to get back to work and move on with my life, but make no mistake, I will always continue to fight for the justice, equality and betterment of marginalized people everywhere.”
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Recall that he is an actor by trade.
And check the Nigerian twins too. They have evidently agreed to take the fall and leave Smollett in the clear.
He will be forever a marked girlie-man.
Yeah have the Nigerians or their lawyer said anything today?
If anything the timing of this wasnt to take the No Collusion news off the front page, it was so the No Collusion news would quickly bury this horrendous travesty of justice.
No, but they did post to Facebook from their new million dollar waterfront estate smoking cigars with their thumbs up?
I have not heard anything. I only heard Smollett’s lawyer say that the twins had admitted their guilt.
Were they hired by guys wearing MAGA hats?
It works to our advantage. People have had it with elitism and favoritism. The extent of the cheating involved in getting the spawn of the rich & connected college acceptances they don’t deserve just might be the breaking point. This racist creep getting of the hook reinforces the disgust. So does the irrational behavior of coup members in response to Mueller’s conclusions.
He’ll be back , in trouble again
People afflicted with severe mental illness tend not to self heal.
I’m looking forward to robin robert’s followup interview with smolet.
Wonder if she’d do one.
FRAUD
Yawn, black gay liberal......laws don’t apply here....just like the gay white big dem donor pervert that killed two black men within an 18 month period....move along...nothing to see here...
If you lost Emanuel and the CPD, you know you are really wrong.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-kass-20190314-story.html
They weren’t included in The Circle Of Graft.
He must sue the police.
I think the Dems may have just lost a lot more potential voters in 2020, who are as disgusted with this as we are.
I rarely agree with Rahmbo (Dead Fish) Emmanuel, but this is one of those rare times. He called it a “whitewash of justice,” and he was right.
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