Posted on 02/18/2019 4:32:03 AM PST by RoosterRedux
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi deleted her original tweet sympathetic for “Empire” actor and singer Jussie Smollett amid reports that Smollett may have staged the alleged January 29 attack against himself.
Smollett claimed to law enforcement he went to a local Chicago Subway eatery at 2 a.m., and he was physically assaulted by two men in ski masks who poured a bleach-like substance on him and tied a rope around his neck like a noose.
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Others have yet to retract their original statements or delete their original tweets, including California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris and New Jersey Democratic Sen. Corey Booker. Both are running for the Democratic nomination for president.
Booker was asked about the recent developments in the case and would only say he is waiting for more information before he makes any further statements about the matter.
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According to ABC News, two Nigerian brothers, initially arrested by Chicago Police in connection to the assault against Smollett were later released after telling law enforcement that Smollett paid them to stage the attack.
One of the brothers is Smollett’s personal trainer, according to a statement to ABC News from Smollett’s attorneys. They had decided to cooperate after investigators revealed that they had evidence the brothers had bought the rope that was put around Smollet’s neck at a local hardware store.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Hey Nanzi, did you see this?
She’s still mentally back at Thanksgiving so the Jussie Smollett situation hasn’t happened yet ... staff just cleaning up her Twitter feed. :-)
Her mouth wrote a check her ASS couldn’t cash!!
Typical Liberal move!!
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