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  • State Attorney Kim Foxx Shifts Some Blame to Trump After Jussie Smollett Is Indicted

    02/12/2020 3:21:43 PM PST · by jazusamo · 47 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | February 12, 2020 | Julio Rosas
    Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx is on the defense after former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was indicted Tuesday on charges related to filing a false police report about the alleged Trump-inspired hate crime he reported in 2019. Foxx recused herself from the subsequent investigation after Chicago police interviewed two brothers who said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, where he claimed two men in "Make America Great Again" hats assaulted him and called him homophobic and racial slurs, but her office continued the inquiry. The State's Attorney office then dropped all criminal charges against Smollett in exchange for...
  • Judge refuses to dismiss Chicago's lawsuit against Jussie Smollett

    10/22/2019 9:15:33 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 32 replies
    The Hill ^ | October 22, 2019 | Justine Coleman
    A federal judge on Tuesday declined to dismiss the city of Chicago’s lawsuit against former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall rejected a motion filed by Smollett’s attorneys, The Associated Press reported. The lawyers argued in the motion, filed last month, that Smollett should not have to pay the city $130,000 because the actor did not know how much time and money would be dedicated to investigating his allegations that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. Smollett told police in January that two men attacked him and used racial and homophobic slurs as...