On This Jussie Smollett Investigation

[TommyGunn]

"Sealed by accident."

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2019/03/27/uh-huh-states-attorney-kim-foxx-says-jussie-smolletts-court-file-was-sealed-inadvertently/

Could it be unsealed on purpose? ? ? ? ? 

[WLJ]

https://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2019/03/28/164390

[T.O.M.]

Okay, I'm gonna weigh in here.  I've been working in the criminal justice system since 1994, at all different levels and different positions.

First, I have never heard of a prosecutor who says "case dismissed, but that doesn't mean the person isn't guilty."  Does it happen? Yeah, when witnesses crap out on you, or evidence is lacking.  But I've never seen that said out loud to the press...

Second, if a defendant is going to be offered some type of alternate resolution to criminal charges, the charges aren't dismissed until after the defendant completes the requirements of the alternate resolution.  Why?  So when the defendant fails to abide by the terms of the agreement, you don't have to start over from the beginning.

Third, I've never seen a prosecutor agree to seal a record the same day it's dismissed, and expunge it so quickly.  Especially for some type of alternate resolution, and before the terms are fulfilled.

Fourth, I've seen juvenile cases get assigned more community service for a lot lesser charges.  Hell, last case I was involved in, a 17 year old was given 40 hours for a misdemeanor criminal damaging case for egging a neighbor's shed.

I'm certain something stinks here.  Wonder if we will ever find out the rest of the story...

[Perd Hapley]

Wonder if we will ever find out the rest of the story...

I think we already know enough. He has powerful friends, and he's a precious, Trump-hating rainbow unicorn of color. Privilege is a helluva drug. Plus, we can't let Sean Hannity gloat. It hurts their precious feelz too much.

[zxcvbob]

I think we already know enough. He has powerful friends, and he's a precious, Trump-hating rainbow unicorn of color. Privilege is a helluva drug. Plus, we can't let Sean Hannity gloat. It hurts their precious feelz too much.

I'll give 'em a pass on Sean Hannity, I don't like him either.

[230RN]

Okay, I'm gonna weigh in here.  I've been working in the criminal justice system since 1994, at all different levels and different positions.

...

I'm certain something stinks here.  Wonder if we will ever find out the rest of the story...

      Chris, when the fix is in, the fix is in.

              

Terry, 230RN

Pic credit in properties

[Perd Hapley]

I'll give 'em a pass on Sean Hannity, I don't like him either.

Understood, but Don Lemon is worse.

DON LEMON, CNN: I have nothing but the utmost respect for my friends at ABC and other things. Robin [Roberts] did a terrific job on that interview. I'm just talking about how you respond to this sort of crisis. That doesn't really work anymore, and I think that is old school. This is playing out every single moment in cable news.

Sean Hannity's going to eat Jussie Smollett's lunch every single second. Tucker Carlson is going to eat Jussie Smollett's lunch every single second... the president of the United States is going to eat his lunch. And who does the president of the United States watch every night? Cable news. So that's all I'm saying. That's all I'm saying.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/02/21/don_lemon_tucker_carlson_sean_hannity_donald_trump_are_going_to_eat_jussie_smolletts_lunch.html

[bedlamite]

https://abc7chicago.com/fbi-reviewing-circumstances-of-jussie-smolletts-charges-being-dropped-sources/5219838/

[WLJ]

BTW: The Nigerian brothers may have been "white faced" according to Smollett's lawyer because.......

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/03/28/smolletts-attorney-suggests-the-nigerian-brothers-may-have-been-wearing-whiteface-n2543895

   More: Now Smollett's attorney, Tina Glandian, is suggesting the Nigerian brothers may have worn "whiteface" on the night of the attack.

    The police, she said, did "minimal investigation" and if they'd googled like she did, they would have found a video of them in a Joker getup. pic.twitter.com/G0AAXzol2v
    — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 28, 2019

Okay, so there's a video of the Nigerian brothers dressed up like The Joker, at some time in the past, so how does this get Smollett off the hook?

What's next? Putin wrote the check?

[Hawkmoon]

The police did "minimal" investigation? According to the police, they devoted thousands of man-hours to the investigation. In fact, I seem to recall that a lot of people initially were highly upset about the number of detectives who were assigned to a case that, ultimately, resulted in the perp only having a few scratches and bruises when Chicago sees a LOT of serious crimes that don't get anything close to that level of attention. Why? Because Smollett was a celebrity, of course.

It's ironic that the very celebrity that caused the police to pay so much attention to the case resulted in the police paying enough attention to figure out that it was a scam. What's astonishing to me is that the loser is sticking to his story.

[WLJ]

So according to this she never actually recused herself because when she recused herself she didn't actually mean she was recusing herself.
Do I have that straight?
Shades of Bill Clinton's "I did not have "sex" with that woman.

Wow. Foxx’s office now admitting she didn’t *actually* recuse herself from the Smollett case, legally speaking. They just used that word “colloquially,” for public consumption.
https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1111287817559248896/photo/1

Oh My: Kim Foxx's Office Admits She Never Actually Recused Herself From Smollett Case, Used the Term 'Colloquially'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/03/28/brutal-national-association-of-district-attorneys-memo-slams-kim-foxx-on-smollett-fiasco-point-by-point-n2543902

[Perd Hapley]

So according to this she never actually recused herself because when she recused herself she didn't actually mean she was recusing herself.
Do I have that straight?
Shades of Bill Clinton's "I did not have "sex" with that woman.

Wow. Foxx’s office now admitting she didn’t *actually* recuse herself from the Smollett case, legally speaking. They just used that word “colloquially,” for public consumption.
https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1111287817559248896/photo/1

Oh My: Kim Foxx's Office Admits She Never Actually Recused Herself From Smollett Case, Used the Term 'Colloquially'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/03/28/brutal-national-association-of-district-attorneys-memo-slams-kim-foxx-on-smollett-fiasco-point-by-point-n2543902

So colloquially means "we can do whatever we want, and owe you no explanation at all." I never knew that.

[Angel Eyes]

Foxx's fingers were crossed at the time, so it doesn't count.

Jeez, am I the only one who remembers playground etiquette?



ETA:  how deep are Smollett's pockets?   
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollets-attorney-demands-apology-from-mayor-police-chief-jussie-has-paid-enough

[zxcvbob]

Who would investigate the prosecutor; see if she took a bribe?  (if anybody actually cares about corruption in Chicago)  The FBI?  The state police?  Illinois Bureau of Investigation?

[brimic]

I hear the feds might be picking up the case, as well as a current ongoing investigation of him mailing a substance to himself.
This isn’t going to end well for him...

[brimic]

Another theory that I’ve heard, is that I heard is that he will turn up dead, and the perp will be an alleged white supremist.

[Hawkmoon]

Another theory that I’ve heard, is that I heard is that he will turn up dead, and the perp will be an alleged white supremist.

My guess is the two Nigerian dudes won't be too interested in signing on to kill him, so he's going to have to start shopping for a new accomplice/co-conspirator.

[brimic]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chicago-police-investigative-file-on-smollett-case-sheds-light-on-3500-check-fbi-involvement

[brimic]

https://www.niagarafoundation.org/gregory-wing/
🤔
It might be time to put him on suicide watch, if he had anything to do with obama’s ‘Hotdog parties’ or the Clinton crime family.

[WLJ]

Can someone more versed in legalese comment on this? It looks like Foxx is in some serious hot water to me.
Follow the link in the quote for the IPBA statment

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2019/03/28/the-public-has-the-right-to-know-the-truth-illinois-prosecutors-bar-association-blasts-jussie-smollett-deal/

    It now looks like Cook County's "deal" with Jussie Smollett isn't just strange, it might actually be in violation of Illinois law. https://t.co/7j3jnqJyO4

    — Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) March 28, 2019

[Perd Hapley]

Obama’s ‘Hotdog parties’

Do I even want to know what that is? 

[Chester32141]

I think that this whole affair was done to support Harris and Booker's anti lynching bill … I'm guessing he's dumb enough to have told the "White Brothers" so they have the same trump card to avoid prosecution that Smollett had.  I expect this to disappear just like the Awan family's crimes …
  

[bedlamite]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/03/28/jussie-smollett-up-naacp-award-host-anthony-anderson-hopes-he-wins/3298234002/

[WLJ]

[zxcvbob]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/03/28/jussie-smollett-up-naacp-award-host-anthony-anderson-hopes-he-wins/3298234002/

I hope he does win.  And soon thereafter gets arrested/charged/convicted on federal terrorism charges.  (I don't have a lot of respect for the NAACP and would like to see them embarrass themselves.  I used to respect them; not sure when that changed)