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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

• Jussie Smollett, 36, was criminally charged on Wednesday night in Chicago


• Smollett is due in bond court on at 1.30pm CT on Thursday


• He is charged with filing a false police report, a Class 4 felony


• Police say that he hoaxed a hate crime assault on himself on January 29


• Cook County State's Attorney approved charges after grand jury indicted


• Brothers Olabinjo 'Ola' Osundairo, 27, and Abimbola 'Abel' Osundairo, 25 were earlier seen entering grand jury


• Video of them buying ski masks and red hat day before the attack has emerged


• Smollett, who has hired a team of lawyers, denies that he made up his story


• His attorneys say he 'enjoys the presumption of innocence' in the case


• Charges carry a maximum sentence of three years and a fine of up to $25,000


• FBI is also still investigating hateful letter that Smollett said he received

Smollett being named as a suspect on Wednesday after it emerged he once lied to police by pretending to be his younger brother. In 2007, when he was pulled over for a DUI, Smollett told the officers that he was his younger brother Jake.

The actor, who was 25 at the time, pleaded no contest to providing police with false information, driving while intoxicated and driving without a valid license. He was sentenced to two years probation and had to complete an alcohol awareness and education program.