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Calls Grow For Chicago State's Attorney Kim Foxx to Resign After Smollett Verdict
PJ Media ^ | 12 Dec 2021 | Rick Moran

Posted on 12/12/2021 5:34:53 PM PST by Rummyfan

The guilty verdicts in the Jussie Smollett fake hate crime trial underscore just how radical Chicago State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has proven to be.

She campaigned for office in 2015 advocating a radical brand of “criminal justice reform,” including no bail policies for almost every defendant and reduced sentencing, and during the riots last summer, her office adopted a “presumption of dismissal” for certain low-level charges.

Then came the Jussie Smollett case and the inexplicable dropping of charges against the actor, despite other prosecutors in her office claiming they had a “slam dunk” of a case. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called it a “whitewashing of justice.”

Foxx had abused the privileges of her office by appointing her deputy to handle Smollett’s case because she said she had contact with a relative of Smollett’s after the fake hate crime occurred. The judge ruling on the legality of that move said that Foxx’s action was unnecessary, and he appointed special prosecutor Dan Webb to handle the investigation.

Webb found plenty.

(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; blackkk; chicago; cookcounty; donlemon; foxx; georgesoros; heisnotsuicidal; illinois; jussiesmollett; kimfoxx; lorilightfoot; rahmemanuel
She won't resign - Dems never do. Especially a black female Dem. She will cry racism and sexism.
1 posted on 12/12/2021 5:34:53 PM PST by Rummyfan
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Dan Webb, the special prosecutor appointed to the case, accused Foxx and her office of repeatedly abusing their discretion and making false public statements in the case against Smollett. His 12-page outline criticized Foxx and her staff for how they decided on March 26, 2019, to toss charges against the actor and singer. Among the focuses of Webb’s inquiry was whether Foxx acted improperly by speaking to a Smollett relative and a onetime aide of former first lady Michelle Obama , Tina Tchen, before the charges were dropped. It also looked at how Foxx only recused herself after news broke about the communication.

While Webb’s investigation did not lead to any criminal charges against Foxx or anyone else in her office, it did “develop evidence that establishes substantial abuses of discretion and operational failures” in the case.

2 posted on 12/12/2021 5:36:07 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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She won't resign - Dems never do. Especially a black female Dem. She will cry racism and sexism.

If she becomes enough of a liability for the Democrats, she'll be offered a generous sinecure, probably "teaching law" or some such at any university she cares to name. Lifetime tenure in an "endowed chair," a salary at least 50% higher than she's getting in office, and a bare minimum of "teaching duties," which she will shirk without comment or complaint from the school. Probably also a "housing allowance" and other goodies. Money for this will come from who knows where.

3 posted on 12/12/2021 5:44:25 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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If she becomes enough of a liability for the Democrats, she'll be offered a generous sinecure, probably "teaching law" or some such at any university she cares to name. Lifetime tenure in an "endowed chair," a salary at least 50% higher than she's getting in office, and a bare minimum of "teaching duties," which she will shirk without comment or complaint from the school. Probably also a "housing allowance" and other goodies. Money for this will come from who knows where.

Like Anita Hill!

4 posted on 12/12/2021 5:49:19 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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The dipsh*ts in Chicago reelected this vile disgrace. Enjoy the suck.


5 posted on 12/12/2021 5:57:44 PM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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I’m just thrilled that there was a way around her.


6 posted on 12/12/2021 6:04:38 PM PST by DannyTN
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https://chicago.suntimes.com

George Soros gives $2 million to

Feb 20, 2020 — A political action committee founded by liberal billionaire philanthropist
George Soros gave $2 million to a PAC backing Kim Foxx.......snip


7 posted on 12/12/2021 6:31:37 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to u)
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She’s not going anywhere. Democrat states run by democrats aren’t gonna let a democrat resign.


8 posted on 12/12/2021 6:31:56 PM PST by irish guard
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Kim Foxx dropped Smollett's original charges saying, the $27,000 a week TV player “had suffered enough.”

Outrage ensued, but Soros stepped in and financed her reelection along w/ many other woke prosecutorial imbeciles.

Story at https://www.pressreader.com/....Foxx lower right

9 posted on 12/12/2021 6:37:00 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to u)
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You’re right. She let Jussie off because Michelle Obama called her...


10 posted on 12/12/2021 6:42:33 PM PST by Gaffer
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These people will be gone soon, and the snapback to law and order will be swift and nasty.

The big mistake that the shooters/theives/looters/carjackers made was to encroach on liberal enclaves and not stay in their own neighborhoods. Until that happened, libs didn’t care.


11 posted on 12/12/2021 7:21:16 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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Resign?….she will be promoted …corrupt rats can’t be stopped…


12 posted on 12/12/2021 8:01:20 PM PST by TnTnTn
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Who wrote this BS article? None of Foxx voters are calling for her resign. If she ran for re-election next month, Foxx would get 60% of the Cook County vote.

This article is 100% fake news


13 posted on 12/12/2021 8:49:09 PM PST by EC Washington
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She will never resign.
She has the backing of VJ and her machine, Big Mike and Holder.


14 posted on 12/13/2021 5:54:19 AM PST by Zathras
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