Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who was famously accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against him, said he is frustrated that he’s not able to speak out but maintained his innocence on Wednesday. Jussie, a black, gay man who maintains his innocence, continues to be used as a pawn. Webb said Foxx learned by February 8, 2019 that Jussie Smollett was a suspect in a Chicago police investigation, but continued communicating with his sister Jurnee through February 13, including five text messages and three phone calls. As a result of the issues addressed in the press release, and of discussions of them beforehand, the CCSAO has already made a number of changes to its operations, including the hiring of a new CCSAO ethics officer and more separation of their function from the administration of the office, and strengthening the recusal plan with clear guidelines and explicit definitions of conflicts of interest. Until that time, there will be no further statements on this matter.". ", Webb said Foxx needed to, "recuse the entire CCSAO and petition the court to appoint a special prosecutor. In response to the report, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office issued a statement saying. It's a blatant attempt to take down a black, progressive, female prosecutor who does not fit within the white power structure. The brothers who claim they were paid by “ Empire ” actor Jussie Smollett to stage a racist, homophobic attack against him said in a new statement on … Chicago police have released nearly 70 hours of video in the Jussie Smollett case. Instead of implementing the proper legal course to carry out the recusal once this defect was brought to their attention, the CCSAO and State's Attorney Foxx made the decision to ignore this major legal defect seemingly because they did not want to admit that they had made such a major mistake of judgment regarding State's Attorney Foxx's recusal.". 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All rights reserved. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. "The CCSAO categorically rejects the OSP's characterizations of its exercises of prosecutorial discretion and private or public statements as "abuses of discretion" or false statements to the public. As the report unequivocally confirms, State's Attorney Foxx was not involved in the decision-making process regarding the Jussie Smollett case at any point and there was no outside influence on that process. Last year the former "Empire" actor told police he was targeted in a racist and homophobic attack. Nearly a year after the actor made headlines for allegedly staging a homophobic attack against himself in … CHICAGO (WLS) -- The judge who ordered a special prosecutor to look into the case of Jussie Smollett is not getting the endorsement of the Cook County Democratic Party. All rights reserved. Connect with friends faster than ever with the new Facebook app. Special Prosecutor Dan Webb has released his report Monday into the Jussie Smollett's case and its handling by Cook County State's Attorney Kim … Jussie Smollett update: Special prosecutor finds 'abuses of discretion' in Kim Foxx's handling of 'Empire' actor's case Special Prosecutor Dan Webb has released his … Webb said in his report that after she made her recusal, Foxx and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office came to the realization that the decision to appoint her assistant Joseph Magats as "Acting State's Attorney" was "legally defective.
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