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Jussie Smollett Gives Emotional Statement After Charges Are Dropped
MSN News ^ | 3/26/2019 | Andy Swift

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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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To: WKUHilltopper

Recall that he is an actor by trade.


21 posted on 03/26/2019 12:08:24 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: JimRed; detective
Check the Chicago DA’s bank accounts for sudden large deposits.

And check the Nigerian twins too. They have evidently agreed to take the fall and leave Smollett in the clear.

22 posted on 03/26/2019 12:10:21 PM PDT by marron
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To: detective

He will be forever a marked girlie-man.


23 posted on 03/26/2019 12:16:53 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: marron

Yeah have the Nigerians or their lawyer said anything today?


24 posted on 03/26/2019 12:18:27 PM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: detective

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.


25 posted on 03/26/2019 12:20:28 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: over3Owithabrain
Yeah have the Nigerians or their lawyer said anything today?

No, but they did post to Facebook from their new million dollar waterfront estate smoking cigars with their thumbs up?

26 posted on 03/26/2019 12:20:42 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: over3Owithabrain

I have not heard anything. I only heard Smollett’s lawyer say that the twins had admitted their guilt.


27 posted on 03/26/2019 12:24:03 PM PDT by marron
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To: marron

Were they hired by guys wearing MAGA hats?


28 posted on 03/26/2019 12:27:11 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: txrefugee

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.


29 posted on 03/26/2019 12:27:46 PM PDT by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: detective

He’ll be back , in trouble again


30 posted on 03/26/2019 12:34:49 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave
He’ll be back , in trouble again

People afflicted with severe mental illness tend not to self heal.

31 posted on 03/26/2019 12:35:54 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: detective

I’m looking forward to robin robert’s followup interview with smolet.
Wonder if she’d do one.


32 posted on 03/26/2019 1:03:54 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: detective

FRAUD


33 posted on 03/26/2019 1:07:27 PM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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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...


34 posted on 03/26/2019 1:23:59 PM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: detective

If you lost Emanuel and the CPD, you know you are really wrong.


35 posted on 03/26/2019 1:43:09 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: detective
Check out this link...Looks like the Obamas are taking care of the homies...

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-kass-20190314-story.html

36 posted on 03/26/2019 1:45:11 PM PDT by Bayou City
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To: shanover

They weren’t included in The Circle Of Graft.


37 posted on 03/26/2019 1:53:46 PM PDT by Califreak (If Obama had been treated like Trump the US would have been burnt down before Inauguration Day)
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To: Califreak

He must sue the police.


38 posted on 03/26/2019 2:02:24 PM PDT by Vehmgericht
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To: \/\/ayne
I doubt if a single person believes Justin Smollett.

I think the Dems may have just lost a lot more potential voters in 2020, who are as disgusted with this as we are.

39 posted on 03/26/2019 2:33:14 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: detective

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.


40 posted on 03/26/2019 2:53:26 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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