Posted on 06/21/2019 12:06:26 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
A Chicago judge appointed a special prosecutor on Friday to investigate Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of the investigation into Jussie Smollett’s alleged hoax hate crime.
Judge Michael Toomin said that Foxx’s unorthodox decision to drop all charges against Smollett absent an admission of guilt was within her authority, but suggested that her decision to hand the case over to her top deputy was improper.
The special prosecutor may end up bringing charges against Smollett in connection with the staged hate crime, Toomin said.
Former state appellate judge Sheila O’Brien petitioned for the appointment of a special prosecutor in April on the grounds that Foxx’s decision not to charge Smollett, despite what police claimed was overwhelming evidence of his guilt, created “a perception that justice was not served here, that Mr. Smollett received special treatment.”
Cook County officials have argued that the special prosecutor’s appointment is redundant since the county inspector general’s office is already looking into Foxx’s handling of the case and her decision to drop all pending charges in March, less than three weeks after Smollett was initially charged.
Foxx reached the decision not to prosecute Smollett roughly one month before announcing it publicly, according to court documents unsealed in April.
In her petition requesting a special prosecutor, O’Brien focused on Foxx’s claim to have recused herself.
Days after the alleged incident, Foxx announced that she had recused herself from the investigation due to public misperceptions that she had personal relationships with members of the Smollett family. Then, after text messages revealed that she continued weighing in on the case in conversations with her deputy after her recusal, Foxx admitted that she had not actually recused herself “in the legal sense” and instead had only used the term in colloquially.
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yep
“Judge Michael Toomin said that Foxx’s unorthodox decision to drop all charges against Smollett absent an admission of guilt was within her authority”
Oh really? So he’s letting Foxx off the hook for the most outrages part of this. It’s the Chicago way.
That is one of the tricks of such money-and-power brokers.
My guess: go through the motions, then cover it up.
Nothing will happen to anyone. In fact, before it’s all over, she’ll be getting an apology.
It’s a tall order in Cook county no question
Special prosecutors are hired to make problems go away. Nothing more. I thought the feds were looking into this. After all... Federal crimes were committed. But they have been totally quite since Trump said they are looking into it.
Hate to be a Debbie downer but...
This will disappear like a fart in the wind. Nobody will ever see a day in jail.
I know Booker is on the left but who’s the guy on the right? A famous Boxer maybe?
Thanks abb.
Well isn’t that special.
This tells you all that you need to know about the FBI.
16 felony charges.....16!!!
ALL of em dropped.
IF it had been me, you or any other member of the “unwashed masses”, we’d be rotting in a jail cell probably never to see daylight again.
Juicy ucan Smellit, and those that got him off, all need to be arrested, tried and sent to prison for a long, long time.
Until that happens, there is no justice in this country.
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