A special prosecutor’s report found that Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office committed “substantial abuses of discretion” during the initial investigation into “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s hoax hate crime.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Michael Toomin released a 60-page report by Special Prosecutor Dan Webb to the public on Monday, nearly two weeks after Smollett was found guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct and filing a false police report, for telling authorities MAGA lovers beat him up for being black and gay.
The investigation revealed that Foxx, who ultimately recused herself from the case, repeatedly lied about cutting off contact with Smollett’s famous sister, “Birds of Prey” star Journee Smollett, after Jussie became a suspect, and continued to communicate with her for days after telling the public they were no longer talking.
Webb noted that Foxx sent five text messages to Journee and spoke to her on the phone three times, five days after claiming to the media she had ceased contact due to Jussie going from victim to suspect.
Journee alleges that on Feb. 13, 2019, she asked Foxx if she knew anything about the suspected attackers, and said, “They’re white, right?” She recalled that Fox said they weren’t, and the pair had a discussion about their skin color and potential nationality.
The same day, the “Lovecraft County” star asked Foxx if Jussie had become a suspect, and the State’s Attorney responded, “Your brother should be fine as long as he stays consistent.”
Foxx claims she didn’t tell Journee any of the case details, went on to explain that they could no longer communicate, and that she was recusing herself from the case.
The report also found that Foxx’s office made “misleading statements” to the public about why they initially dismissed the 16-count indictment against Smollett in March 2019, when they claimed the resolution was similar to 5,700 other cases, but could not identify a single one.
The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (CCSAO) also “falsely represented” that $10,000 was the most Smollett could be ordered to pay in restitution, that he had no criminal background, and had dismissed the case due to evidentiary issues.
Retired Judge Sheila O’Brien, who was instrumental in opening up Webb’s investigation into the CCSAO, said that Foxx “should resign” from her position.
“This report shows she is a liar, that her administration is in chaos and that she’s blaming everyone else,” O’Brien commented. “She should resign. Taxpayers deserve better and Ms. Preckwinkle, her mentor, should take no part in replacing Foxx. Cook County Government needs to clean house.”
According to the investigation, the office’s “substantial abuse of discretion and operational failures” did not find evidence that would “support any criminal charges against State’s Attorney Foxx or any individual working at the CCSAO.”
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Hmmm… always the same story, a demoncrat liberal like foxx breaks their Olathe of Office, breaks the Law, and LIES then “we” ask her to Resign step down n apologize When what should occur is Indict, PROSECUTE to the fullest, then Prison. But instead blah blah blah. Pitiful. Injustice. Cowardice. Shameful SINISTER!!!!!!! Smh
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Democrap Mayor Lightweight should also be indicted, for being useless like senile Joe Biden!
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As long as the Devil walks the Earth like a roaring lion, he will protect his children in the Party of Slavery, like Foxx.
Why is it that the democrats NEVER face prosecution for anything? M.aybe a token fine, which isn’t even paid.
Is any Soros money involved?
Is water wet?
she needs to be hung out to dry ????????????
Just hung.
The way things are going these days, she may be!
Are you sayin’ that black officials in the Chicago area should follow the same rules as white ones? Get serious!
We’ve known this from the beginning. Nothing or no one has held her accountable yet. Why would they start now? She is one of their own. The communist elite. Moot case, moot point!
Black privilege. Nothing happens to blacks and they all hate Whites and want them killed and yet being only supposedly 14% of the population, they get elected to positions of authority and always lie and steal, because they have an average IQ of 60 and this is all they know what to do. That is why they always are in the demoncrap party, because it is filled with liars, cheaters, pediphiles, murderers,etc. If this had been a White D.A. she would have lost her job, her law license, and gone to jail. I am sick of this black dominance in this country. It was started as a White settlement and if they cannot conform, they need to go back to Africa with their own.
Foxx = Racist. Oh, I forgot that’s ok, she is black!
I’d like to know why Foxx and perhaps the Chicago Police Department have not yet released Smollett’s prior crime(s). Several publications have stated he has a rap sheet with at least one felony but nobody has had the courage to state if it’s sealed, ignored, a lie or another media coverup.
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ALL POLITICIANS, INCLUDING AGs, should face prosecution for acting in a criminal manner . . . . NO EXCEPTIONS! And if found GUILTY, placed in prison.
Once Trump gets back to the WH, maybe he can put someone in charge of the DOJ who will do EXACTLY THAT!! I hope that Attorney General goes after all the crooks in DC!
More corrupt demorats! Jessie belongs in Gitmo for what he did! Racist idiot! People in that position knows better. It’s bad enough demorats like Obama pushing racism but deliberately going out and making up a false story and incident for attention! They need the book thrown at them! Grow up and quit listening to demorats!