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Tweet from a satirical account: “Anyone who has ever claimed that Jussie Smollett is guilty must now be prosecuted. Lying about hate crime can never be permitted in a civilised society.”
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Cindy - Of course. But their identities and what they look like *did* come to light. And Smollett continued to contend that he *didn't* hire them. Even if you initially believed the story (I certainly did at the onset even though a few things didn't seem quite right), the additional information about the two beefcakes made it a lot harder to accept at face value.
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Ugh. No disagreement, just ugh.
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Wow. The mayor, police, and the prosecutor handling the case all seem to think this was a crooked deal. Local press is going to be all over this. We haven’t seen the end of this.. https://chicago.suntimes.com/n...-rahm-emanuel-react/
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| Does This Avatar Make My Butt Look Big? Minor Deity  |
Mr. Sphinx had an interesting take. Jussie is not a minor. There is no national security interest in play here. So what legal basis is there to seal a criminal file? That means CNN or anyone else could make a Freedom of Information Act request (or whatever it is called in Illinois) and get this file. Here's a question: Why aren't the Nigerians selling their stories right about now? You'd expect them to be all over cable news or otherwise cashing in, right? Could it be an immigration issue that makes them want to lie low? No, I think they are citizens. Something's really off. | |||
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I suspect there is just enough cash flowing around to keep this low. For now. I can't think of any other logical explanation. Then again, assuming the situation is one of false reporting for publicity, while reprehensible it is not the crime of the century. I wonder if this might be a reaction to the 16 felony indictments.
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BREAKING NEWS: Jessie Smollett accepted to USC.
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 jon, where did you see that the prosecutor handling the case thinks it's a crooked deal? I missed that.
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David Axelrod’s take: “Unless some better explanation surfaces, here’s the lesson of this weird turn in the Smollett case: You can contrive a hate crime, make it a national news, get caught and-if you are a well-connected celebrity-get off for $10K and have your record expunged and files sealed.”
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From the brothers?
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From an ABC news senior correspondent: Celebrity justice: Cook County clerk’s office tells @ABC they were shocked that no written motions were filed with the court in connection with today’s surprising dismissal in the Smollett case. On top of that, the case has been wiped off their database as if it never existed.”
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@WTG - my bad. The prosecutor merely said they stand behind both the police investigation and the decision to bring charges, and that this move should not be interpreted as indicating Smollett didn’t fake the crime. Emmanuel called it a whitewash of justice, cops used similar words.
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A good guess. That is the sort of thing that might be leaked.
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