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Jussie Smollett Charges Dropped Over Alleged Attack Hoax
The Blast ^ | By Daniel Goldblatt

Posted on 03/26/2019 8:20:10 AM PDT by DCBryan1

Jussie Smollett is in the clear after the District Attorney in Cook County dropped all charges against the “Empire” star over allegations he lied to police in faking an alleged hate crime against himself.

According to reports, the state filed the motion to dismiss the case and the judge signed off. The judge also granted a motion to seal the case, according to Charlie De Mar of CBS Chicago.

Jussie Smollett is expected to speak to the media once the hearing has concluded.

Smollett’s attorneys released a statement saying, “Today, all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped and his record has been wiped clean of the filing of this tragic complaint against him. Jussie was attacked by two people he was unable to identify on January 29th. He was a victim who was vilified and made to appear as a perpetrator as a result of false and inappropriate remarks made to the public causing an inappropriate rush to judgment.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; cookcounty; corrupt; crookcounty; farce; fbi; forgetitjake; geregos; hatecrimehoax; ill; illinois; jussie; jussiesmollett; smollett; smollettcasedropped
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To: The people have spoken

Is OJ still looking for Nicole’s real killer?


41 posted on 03/26/2019 8:33:39 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: DCBryan1

This is the second action by local authorities in two days that takes the Mueller Report out of top story status.

Coincidence?


42 posted on 03/26/2019 8:34:38 AM PDT by JEH_Boston (Never give up.)
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To: wardaddy

So the move now is make it look like the Trump Justice Department is harassing a gay black man because it’s MAGA country. No justice, no peace for this poor minority.


43 posted on 03/26/2019 8:34:38 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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44 posted on 03/26/2019 8:35:26 AM PDT by bitt (The pain IS coming!!!)
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To: MNDude

“Jussie was attacked by two people he was unable to identify...”

Actually he stated the two on surveillance camera were them. He did identify them.


45 posted on 03/26/2019 8:38:55 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: DCBryan1

They had the check he paid to the two brothers. He paid them for something.


46 posted on 03/26/2019 8:40:11 AM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: DCBryan1

47 posted on 03/26/2019 8:42:13 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Trump: "America will never be a socialist country!")
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To: DCBryan1

A well-timed action, if true. The purpose is to demonstrate that being exonerated of criminal charges really means nothing at all. “Jussie” the ass-bandit is a liar, and a criminal. That is quite clear, and is supported by damning evidence. And everyone, even his past supporters, knows it. Nonetheless, he walks, “Just like Trump!”

This will become the Big Story/Psych Ops from the communists this week...


48 posted on 03/26/2019 8:42:37 AM PDT by drwoof
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To: proust

Chicago isn’t MAGA country

The US attorney Lausch served as assistant US Attorney in that district for ten years prior to his appointment by Trump in early 2017

Hard to say


49 posted on 03/26/2019 8:43:23 AM PDT by wardaddy (Progressives are simply unhappy people attacking thesand e world rather than fixing these twmselves)
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***The judge also granted a motion to seal the case***

What did Smollett agree to? I suspect we shall soon find out.

Who has control?

50 posted on 03/26/2019 8:46:05 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: DCBryan1

He’s Black and a faggot, no way he was going to be held responsible!


51 posted on 03/26/2019 8:46:44 AM PDT by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

I thought this was fake, that it couldn’t possibly be true, but I found a known source confirming it. Sigh. It is very discouraging.


52 posted on 03/26/2019 8:47:09 AM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: marajade

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Its not the jurors, but the judge that is corrupt.


53 posted on 03/26/2019 8:48:40 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: wardaddy

everybody has a boss, and the political pressure just shifted, we’ll see.


54 posted on 03/26/2019 8:49:45 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: BBQToadRibs

There’s a silver lining to this. Folks are getting more disgusted with the entitled elite class every day. The college scandal hits home with a lot of hard working normal people. This is confirmation of just how out of control the Judiciary, the elite, and Chicago’s politics/judiciary are.


55 posted on 03/26/2019 8:49:53 AM PDT by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: Artcore

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They’re just protecting Harris and Booker, who are the real perpetrators.


56 posted on 03/26/2019 8:49:58 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Probably got off with a large fine to cover the city expenses and maybe a campaign contribution later on when no one is looking.


57 posted on 03/26/2019 8:50:54 AM PDT by Hang'emAll (If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words?)
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To: DCBryan1

“Someday, and that day may never come, I’ll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as a gift...”


58 posted on 03/26/2019 8:52:40 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: editor-surveyor

Hence,the sealing of the records.


59 posted on 03/26/2019 8:55:46 AM PDT by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: DCBryan1

Smollett didn’t have the juice.

Someone wanted this case to disappear.

Why?


60 posted on 03/26/2019 8:56:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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