Sunday, November 28, 2021

JUSSIE SMOLLETT TRIAL TO START TOMORROW

  • by Bob Walsh

    The Chicago trial for actor Jussie Smollett, who is charged with felony stupid for filing a false police report of a racial attack three years ago. 

    Jury selection is supposed to begin on Monday.  The regular (highly irregular actually) prosecutor Kim Foxx has been bypassed due to clear conflict of interest and egregious stupidity and a special prosecutor appointed.  Foxx communicated directly with members of Smollett's defense team (at Michelle Obama's request apparently), and when she finally recused herself after a stink was raised her office dropped all charges against Smollett.  

    Part of the delay was due to the Covid-19 pandemic in which jury trials were essentially stopped in many parts of the country, including Chicago.  

    Smollett's contract to appear in EMPIRE was renewed for the final season in 2019, but he never appeared in a single episode.  

    Smollett has continued to insist, at least on the record, that the attack was real and did happen.  He paid the two guys that he hired to help him fake the attack with a check.  The general belief is he wanted to pump up his personal brand and get more money and more screen time from the EMPIRE producers.  It didn't work.

    I wonder if CNN will cover the trial like the covered the Rittenhouse trial?  I am guessing not. 

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