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| | *Sager, Jason (March 27, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-hoax-charges-dropped-but-federal-investigation-lawsuits-could-benext Jussie Smollett hoax charges dropped, but federal investigation, lawsuits could be next]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019. | | *Sager, Jason (March 27, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-hoax-charges-dropped-but-federal-investigation-lawsuits-could-benext Jussie Smollett hoax charges dropped, but federal investigation, lawsuits could be next]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019. |
| | *Berger, Judson (March 28, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-doj-fbi-to-review-outrageous-decision-to-drop-charges-in-jussie-smollett-case DOJ, FBI to review ‘outrageous’ Jussie Smollett case, Trump says]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019. | | *Berger, Judson (March 28, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-doj-fbi-to-review-outrageous-decision-to-drop-charges-in-jussie-smollett-case DOJ, FBI to review ‘outrageous’ Jussie Smollett case, Trump says]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019. |
| − | *Spiering, Charlie (March 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/28/donald-trump-dropped-jussie-smollett-charges-an-embarrassment-to-our-nation/ Donald Trump: Dropped Jussie Smollett Charges ‘An Embarrassment to Our Nation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.</ref> prompting Mayor [[Rahm Emanuel]] to take the unusual step of decrying Chicago corruption. Despite the public interest in the case the judge granted a motion to seal the records and thereby prevent public scrutiny – the Chicago police released the files regardless.<ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (March 27, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-police-release-files-in-empire-star-jussie-smollett-case-day-after-charges-were-dramatically-dropped Chicago police release files in 'Empire' star Jussie Smollett case, day after charges dramatically dropped]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.</ref> This incident highlighted the connections between the prosecutor and [[George Soros]].<ref>Multiple references: | + | *Spiering, Charlie (March 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/28/donald-trump-dropped-jussie-smollett-charges-an-embarrassment-to-our-nation/ Donald Trump: Dropped Jussie Smollett Charges ‘An Embarrassment to Our Nation’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.</ref> prompting Mayor [[Rahm Emanuel]] to take the unusual step of decrying Chicago corruption. Despite the public interest in the case the judge granted a motion to seal the records and thereby prevent public scrutiny – the Chicago police released the files regardless.<ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (March 27, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-police-release-files-in-empire-star-jussie-smollett-case-day-after-charges-were-dramatically-dropped Chicago police release files in 'Empire' star Jussie Smollett case, day after charges dramatically dropped]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019.</ref> [[Woke]] Chicago DA [[Kim Foxx]] went out of her way to help Jussie and complained to her deputy that charges against him were 'excessive.'<ref>Michelle Thompson, [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10285801/Kim-Foxx-woke-Chicago-DA-tried-help-Jussie.html Kim Foxx: The woke Chicago DA who tried to help Jussie], Dailymail, Dec 9, 2021. |
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| | + | How woke Chicago DA Kim Foxx went out of her way to help Jussie and complained to her deputy that charges against him were 'excessive' |
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| | + | - Embattled actor Jussie Smollett's initial charges for filing a fake police report were dropped in 2019 by the Cook County State Attorney's office |
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| | + | - Top prosecutor Kim Foxx recused herself from the original charges against him after liaising with Smollett's family at the behest of MeToo leader Tina Tchen |
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| | + | - Foxx previously tried to convince the FBI to take over the probe of the alleged attack at the request of his family, whom she connected with through Tchen |
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| | + | - Despite recusing herself from the case against Smollett, Foxx sent messages to a colleague on March 8 after a grand jury indicted him, saying that she felt the charges were excessive |
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| | + | - The charges were dropped two weeks later |
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| | + | - The case outraged former Chicago Police Chief Eddie Johnson and then-mayor Rahm Emanuel, who decried it as a 'whitewash of justice' |
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| | + | - Special prosecutor Dan Webb was appointed in August 2019 to investigate why Foxx's office dropped the charges |
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| | + | - In February 2020, some charges were restored after a grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Smollett, accusing him of lying to police |
| | + | </blockquote></ref> This incident highlighted the connections between the prosecutor Foxx and [[George Soros]].<ref>Multiple references: |
| | *Patrick, William (March 27, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/george-soros-backed-jussie-smolletts-prosecutor-kim-foxx_2856314.html Smollett Case Highlights Prosecutor’s Ties to Billionaire Donor Soros]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved March 28, 2019. | | *Patrick, William (March 27, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/george-soros-backed-jussie-smolletts-prosecutor-kim-foxx_2856314.html Smollett Case Highlights Prosecutor’s Ties to Billionaire Donor Soros]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved March 28, 2019. |
| | *Pollak, Joel B. (March 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/26/george-soros-donated-408k-to-kim-foxx-prosecutor-who-let-jussie-smollett-walk/ George Soros Spent $408k on Kim Foxx, Prosecutor in Jussie Smollett Case]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019. | | *Pollak, Joel B. (March 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/26/george-soros-donated-408k-to-kim-foxx-prosecutor-who-let-jussie-smollett-walk/ George Soros Spent $408k on Kim Foxx, Prosecutor in Jussie Smollett Case]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 28, 2019. |