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Jun 22 2019
News
The bizarre Jussie Smollett case takes yet another strange twist
The prosecution of Jussie Smollett — a small-time felony case that has grown only more bizarre seemingly with each passing week — may have taken its strangest twist yet on Friday.
In a blistering and somewhat unexpected ruling, a veteran Cook County judge ordered a special prosecutor appointed to re-investigate the circumstances of the onetime “Empire” actor’s alleged hoax attack on a
Chicago TribuneMar 28 2019
News
President Donald Trump says FBI will look into Jussie Smollett case
President Donald Trump said Thursday he would have the FBI and the Justice Department review "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's case.
"It is an embarrassment to our Nation!" Trump tweeted.
It is unclear what, if anything, federal authorities could do about Smollett after local prosecutors in Chicago decided to drop the case against him.
Trump's critics said the president is
USA TODAYFeb 19 2019
News
Jussie Smollett case: Police investigating tip actor was seen with alleged assailants
Developments over the weekend "shifted the trajectory" of the investigation into the Jan. 29 attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett.
USA TODAYFeb 21 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Media Draws Scrutiny for Original Reporting on Jussie Smollett Case
Several media outlets and politicians came under fire this week for their sympathetic reporting on "Empire" star Jussie Smollett, who has now been charged with filing a false police report in fabricating a racist and homophobic hate crime. Many Left-leaning politicians and publications were quick to come to Smollett's defense, while several Right-leaning publications have criticized them for AllSides StaffAug 17 2020
News
Special prosecutor in Jussie Smollett investigation finds Kim Foxx's office mishandled case
The special prosecutor tasked with probing the state attorney’s handling of the Jussie Smollett investigation in Chicago has ruled the office abused its discretion in the case against the actor, but did nothing criminal.
In a statement on the conclusions of his investigation, special prosecutor Dan Webb sharply criticized the handling of the Smollett case by Cook County State’s Attorney
Fox News (Online News)Feb 21 2019
News
Jussie Smollett directed brothers to pour gas on him and yell slurs, prosecutor says
"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett carefully plotted a hoax attack that was intended to make him look like the victim of a brutal anti-black, homophobic crime, prosecutors said Thursday.
USA TODAYMar 27 2019
News
Jussie Smollett: With criminal charges dropped, is his career ruined or can he recover?
Now what, Jussie Smollett?
In the space of two months, the "Empire" star, 36, has gone from crime victim to indicted crime suspect and back to victim again, now claiming total exoneration after Chicago prosecutors abandoned their case against him Tuesday. Meanwhile, Chicago police and Mayor Rahm Emanuel continued to shout angrily about his alleged guilt.
Cook County prosecutors
USA TODAYFeb 19 2019
News
Kamala Harris gives awkward response when asked about Jussie Smollett claims
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris appeared to be caught off guard Monday when she was asked about the latest developments in the alleged attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett.
Fox News (Online News)Dec 08 2021
News
Jussie Smollett's testimony was 'unparalleled disaster,' jury will see through 'ruse' and convict him: experts
Jussie Smollett made the conscientious decision to testify in his own defense against allegations from prosecutors in Chicago that the actor staged a vile hate crime against himself with the assistance of his associates, brothers Abimbola and Olabingo Osundairo, who allege he paid them to carry out the fake hate crime attack against him in 2019.
While the former "Empire" performer gave
Fox News (Online News)Dec 10 2021
Opinion
Jussie Smollett being found guilty of hoax will hurt LGBTQ folks reporting hate crimes
The Jussie Smollett saga may now be technically over after a Chicago jury found the actor guilty Thursday of five of the six counts he faced, but its impact will be — and has already been — felt for years to come. It doesn’t matter if the actor, who starred on “Empire,” really was beaten up by people yelling “This is MAGA country!” and is wrongly being punished or if he did stage an elaborate
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