Posted on 12/08/2021 5:56:28 AM PST by conservative98
"Smollett testifying in his own defense is one of two things, or maybe both: a narcissistic criminal defendant who is doubling down on his charged lies to law enforcement or defense attorneys who know they are way behind and are throwing a low probability Hail Mary to try to get their client off," former U.S. attorney Neama Rahmani, who is not involved with Smollett's case, told Fox News Digital.
Rahmani added: "Either way, Smollett’s story was a bizarre attempt at forcing a square peg into a round hole by offering every possible explanation for the state’s digital evidence except the most obvious one: that he is guilty. In the unlikely event he is acquitted, Smollett’s decision was a genius move. But it is far more likely that the jury sees through his ruse and Smollett is convicted. If so, the judge may sentence him to prison time for obstructing justice and perjuring himself on the witness stand."
James White, a high-powered attorney in Michigan who is also not involved in the Smollett case, echoed Rahmani's comments that the actor’s testimony was nothing more than "an unparalleled disaster." White noted that he believes Smollett not only "hurt his case" but also "went beyond and made the prosecutor’s case" in the process.
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Closing statements in Smollett’s trial are set to begin Wednesday before jurors are dismissed for deliberation.
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5 years on the new reality show epsteins island?
6 felony convictions would be justice served.
Smollett is a sociopath. He is not just a stupid liberal woke hater. He is the epitome of a sociopath.
My brother was one. He would lie even when the truth would have been more help to him. He couldn’t help himself........................
Yes, absent one or more leftist “nullifiers”.
“Jussie” is a walking showcase of the mental instability that plagues all lefttards. This piece of racist shyte tried to start a race war and slandered everyone with white skin who breaths and most who don’t. His was a crime against humanity that is committed so frequently by the scum that writhes it’s way out of the execrable perti dish of leftist ideology. His plagued mind understands nothing more than the filth spewed by commie propagandists and knee bent satanists. It should be the specific duty of the jury to ensure his kind no longer are capable of tormenting mankind, but given the trial is taking place in the leftist sewer they have turned Illinois into, have no faith this will happen without divine intervention.
Good. Maybe CNN will also fire Smollett’s butt buddy (and probably Fredo’s, too) Don Lemon - one of CNN’s most prominent homo rapists.
Baldwin is the same.
Except he actually killed someone.
I don’t know, he holds a lot of cards. The black, gay, leftist cards plus he’s a friend of Michael Obama. I say he’s acquitted and the left will push the hoax as being real and bring it up as we near the midterms. “The MAGA white supremacists tried to lynch Juicy”
That checks three off three boxes - hard to convict that.
I hope his sentence is more than Community Service. The Dude needs jail time to think about the damage he’s done.
He should have just wept and begged for forgiveness. That works with the left.
Agreed. He holds a lot of cards. White guy would already be breaking rocks
Normally I would say Jessie’s mullet is toast.....but it is chicago
The cops knew he was lying at the time
But some calls were made from DC, so 60 officers and 3000 hours of their time were wasted on this racist POS
It’s past time for the punishment to fit the crime
Too graphic for a Smollet commentary.;-)
“6 felony convictions would be justice served.”
Even if he just receives probation and has the record removed with good behavior?
Fully 100% of all the grief and woe Jussie Smollet is being subjected to is self-induced. He had a perfectly good opportunity long ago to just keep his mouth shut and he failed to abide with that prime directive.
Self-destruct sequence was initiated, and there was no fail-safe.
I pity the fool.(Hat tip to Mr. T)
“It’s past time for the punishment to fit the crime”
This was a hate crime against whites and Trump supporters.
I have no suggestions as to what would be a better replacement for our current jury system, but if Smollett is acquitted it will only be because of the demographics of the jury.
In the bad old days of Jim Crow, it was a frequent criticism that an all-white jury was unlikely to convict a white man who committed a crime against a black man. I think that problem has been largely fixed.
But (at least since OJ) if a black man is on trial, and there is a black person on the jury, then the trial proceedings may not matter all that much. The jury just might be steered to acquit because White Supremacy.
We are very broken.
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