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| President Donald Trump says FBI will look into Jussie Smollett case |
| 2019-03-28 |
| [USA Today] WASHINGTON ‐ President Donald Trump said Thursday he would have the FBI and the Justice Department review "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett case. "It is an embarrassment to our Nation!" Trump tweeted. It is unclear whether federal authorities would have any jurisdiction over the Smollett case. Trump's critics said the president is playing racial politics with the Smollett case, seeking to undercut the victims of real racial violence that is on the rise. "By claiming a false attack, Smollett tried to exploit the hate @realDonaldTrump has stirred," tweeted David Axelrod, adviser to President Barack Obama. "Now, predictably, Trump is moving to exploit Smollett’s exploitation. Talk about a vicious circle!" Local prosecutors in Chicago announced Tuesday they were dropping disorderly conduct charges against Smollett for filing a false police report. The decision came less than three weeks after the actor was indicted on charges that he paid two men to stage a hoax attack to make him look like the victim of a racist hate crime. Smollett’s legal team is taking offense with comments to the media by Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office officials, saying prosecutors and police are "continuing their campaign" against the actor. Prosecutors said they’ve dropped the charges, but insist that doesn't mean Smollett was exonerated of wrongdoing. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 Chicago Trees They shade from bright red at the root Till they simper, half-black, at the shoot: Progressively duller In credo and color, And bearing some very strange fruit. |
| Posted by: Chuckles Glomock7102 2019-03-28 14:08 |
| #9 I don't think Jussie ratted anybody out given that he's threatening to sue Chicage PD or whomever. |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-03-28 14:02 |
| #8 Kim Foxx has said sealing the record was an accident. I wonder what she says about the files disappearing. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2019-03-28 13:28 |
| #7 Wonder if he and the big O traveled in the same, uhm...circles? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-03-28 11:49 |
| #6 The theory was advanced at the outset of this case that Smollett's story was too stupid to be the result of a Soros level conspiracy. But, remember, these are most likely some of the same people who brought you Russian collusion. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-03-28 11:46 |
| #5 @#3: And you would be right on the money. |
| Posted by: Percy Angererong8676 2019-03-28 11:31 |
| #4 FBI was already involved says this link Interesting if true... Big salt though |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-03-28 11:24 |
| #3 I think even the most politically-blind can see some sort of desperate cover-up going on. I'll bet it was kamala and smollett conspiring for the "anti-lynching" vote. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-03-28 11:18 |
| #2 Other possible players? Moochel Obean |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-03-28 10:58 |
| #1 Players? Jussie Smollett Kim Foxx Tina Tchen George Soros Jessie Jackson Kamala Harris Corey Booker Dem Party |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-03-28 10:56 |