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Dec 13 2021
News
Jussie Smollett
“Actor Jussie Smollett, one-time star of the TV drama ‘Empire,’ was found guilty on Thursday of staging a hate crime against himself in what prosecutors said was a bid to gain sympathy and boost his career.” (Reuters)
The right applauds the verdict and criticizes prominent figures who failed to question the story despite its implausibility.
The left worries that this case will
The Flip Side
Mar 28 2019
News
Jussie Smollett
“Chicago prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges accusing ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett of staging a phony hate crime… The Cook County State’s Attorney’s office said it viewed the outcome as appropriate… First Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph Magats told the Chicago Sun-Times that the decision to drop the case did not mean Smollett is innocent of the charges, or that he was a victim.” (
The Flip Side
Mar 27 2019
Opinion
OPINION: The Jussie Smollett Disgrace
Rarely do we find ourselves nodding vigorously in agreement with Rahm Emanuel or David Axelrod, but both onetime Obama lieutenants expressed needful levels of disbelief and disgust at the surprise outcome of L’Affaire Jussie Smollett. “Hate crimes are loathsome. Faking them is insidious and shouldn’t be excused,” Axelrod wrote on Twitter after the Cook County State’s Attorney dropped all
Guest Writer - Right
Feb 19 2019
Opinion
Jussie Smollett and a Perfect Crime
An object lesson in what happens when people in positions of political and cultural authority indulge their biases by suspending disbelief.
Noah Rothman
Dec 10 2021
Opinion
Throw the book at hate-hoaxer Jussie Smollett
The story of Jussie Smollett and the implausible hate crime attack against him is now familiar to nearly everyone.
Smollett, a little-known actor on a long-running Fox television show, claimed to have been walking down the street minding his own business at 2 a.m. in downtown Chicago when he was attacked by two white Trump supporters wearing red "Make America Great Again" hats who made
Washington Examiner
Feb 21 2019
News
Actor Jussie Smollett Arrested by Chicago Police
Actor Jussie Smollett has been arrested after he was charged with lying to police when he claimed he was attacked and beaten by two masked men shouting racist and homophobic slurs, Chicago police said on Thursday on Twitter.
Newsmax (News)
Feb 19 2019
News
Jussie Smollett case: Hate crime or hoax?
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Yahoo News
Dec 06 2021
News
Jussie Smollett takes the stand in his own defense
CHICAGO — Jussie Smollett testified Monday that he did drugs at a bathhouse and made out with one of the two brothers accusing him of staging a hate crime against himself.
The former “Empire” television star, 39, described meeting Abimbola Osundairo, when called to the stand by his defense at his trial on charges that he staged a hate crime against himself in January 2019 and lied to
New York Post (News)
Feb 21 2019
News
Jussie Smollett arrested over false attack report
US actor Jussie Smollett has been arrested in Chicago after being charged with filing a false police report.
BBC News
Feb 19 2019
Opinion
Why our politics can't handle Jussie Smollett
When actor Jussie Smollett said he had been beaten and left with a noose around his neck by two men shouting slurs and pro-Trump messages in Chicago last month, Democratic politicians couldn't issue sweeping condemnations quickly enough.
CNN (Opinion)