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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