Posted on 03/07/2020 2:18:57 PM PST by blam
The Illinois Supreme Court rejected former "Empire" star Jussie Smollett's request to throw out charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack in Chicago.
The ruling came Friday, along with the court's decision rejecting the actor's effort to remove the special prosecutor in the case.
Smollett’s lawyers argued in an emergency petition that Cook County Circuit Judge Michael Toomin overstepped his authority and misinterpreted the law when he ordered the appointment of a special prosecutor.
The court did not explain its decision to reject the arguments by Smollett’s lawyers.
Smollett. 37, was initially accused by Cook County prosecutors of falsely reporting to police that the alleged phony attack was real. Sixteen counts of disorderly conduct originally filed against him were dismissed and Toomin found Smollett’s first prosecution was invalid.
After another investigation by special prosecutor Dan Webb, six counts of the same charges we filed against Smollett, to which he pleaded not guilty last week.
Smollett, who is black and gay, told police that two masked men attacked him as he was walking home in the early hours of Jan. 29, 2019. He said they made racist and homophobic insults, beat him and looped a noose around his neck before fleeing, and that at least one of his attackers was a white man who told him he was in “MAGA country,” a reference to President Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”
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Poor poor baby! There’s no Obama there to shield him from his bullshit. These kind of people just need to be excised from society. They bring zero to the table
Juss deserves the Nobel POS prize. Everyones gets a trophy, Juss. Don’t cry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-GkwIRbLw8
>>”Unless you’re black and just walk it back.”<<
Or, Hillary Clinton.
So, it’s now revealed that the ISC is boaf racis’ and homophobic. My, my, my.
He was going to testify against people he KNEW were totally innocent.
What kind of sick person does that?
If he had said, "well, you know I was not really hurt so I would rather not testify" then ok, he is just an attention whore so slap him with a fine. As it is I want him to go to jail.
I see your point bro, but that chump doesn’t want to commit Arkancide. 😁
Let’s hope the end of this story is that this worthless punk is sentenced to 5 years (or more) and is absolutely broke (thanks to legal bills and fines).
No doubt. Perhaps an offer of a ‘witness protection’ type program against the Clintoons? It would be worth it. He’s small potatoes compared to the swamp which hired him.
"Today the following order was entered in the captioned case: Emergency motion by Movant to stay proceedings in the Circuit Court of Cook County, in case No. 20 CR 3050, pending disposition of motion for a supervisory order. Denied."
Order entered by the Court. Theis, J., took no part. Very truly yours, Clerk of the Supreme Court
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