Justin Smollet not too smart too as well as his lawyer. Seems they are going to convene a grand jury to investigate this matter. Maybe, the police chief refuses to take action? An indictment will probably, end that!
I hope the leftist media has learned a valuable lesson from this. When running ridiculous accusations always make sure they are from 30+ years ago and can never be proven false.
Concocting fake hate crimes a criminal act https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/02/17/cohen-concocting-fake-hate-crimes-a-criminal-act/ The lengths Democrats will go these days to try to paint the president and his supporters as racist, violent or homophobic is beyond sociopath — it’s criminal. Take outspoken Trump critic and openly gay TV actor Jussie Smollett. Last month, the “Empire” actor recounted a hard-to-believe hate crime alleging he was attacked by two white men on a city street in Chicago at 2 a.m. The black actor claimed the white men assaulted him, put a rope around his neck and threw bleach on him while hurling racist and homophobic epithets — and saying “This is MAGA country.” Instead of waiting for the police to investigate the wild tale, many in the media, top Democratic lawmakers and 2020 presidential candidates, including Elizabeth Warren, wasted no time rushing to his defense. Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris both compared the alleged attack to a “modern-day lynching,” while Bernie Sanders called it “a horrific instance of the surging hostility toward minorities around the country.” House Majority Speaker Nancy Pelosi, ex-Vice President Joe Biden and other Dems jumped in the fray, fanning racial divisions while others fueled the false narrative that Trump supporters are anti-LGBTQ. Not surprisingly, Hollywood liberals rushed to defend the actor while trying to blame the purported hate crime on “Trump’s rhetoric.” Now evidence strongly suggests the whole thing was a hoax. Video surveillance obtained by police show the attackers were black — not white, as we were initially told. Two Nigerians brothers who had been questioned by police as possible “assailants” are friends with Smollett and authorities are now investigating if the actor orchestrated the hate crime — a stage 4 felony. Reports have also surfaced suggesting Smollett may have rehearsed the “attack” and paid his anti-Trump buddies thousands of dollars to commit the assault upon himself. This isn’t the first time reckless Democrats and knee-jerk media swallowed allegations wholesale that make Republicans look bad without first vetting the information. They did it to poor Brett Kavanaugh, believing his female accusers’ outlandish stories of alleged sexual assault from decades ago without corroborating evidence. Those allegations were later rebuked or debunked. And who can forget the left’s recent ambush against the Covington High School boys? Liberals and fake news media were quick to paint the students as “racists” simply because they’re white, straight and male who committed the ultimate sin — smiling while wearing MAGA hats — on a school trip to DC. The teenagers were bullied and defamed en masse before evidence emerged proving they did nothing wrong. The pattern of these false accusations show Democrats cannot be trusted to hold positions of power, as they have a history of tossing due process out the window along with the presumption of innocence anytime there’s an opportunity to fuel a political narrative. I dare anyone to find a fair-minded voter who’s impressed.
Fabricating crime where there is no crime is nothing new for the left, it's just now at a fever pitch. They are trying to send a message that racism is so rampantly increasing that no black person is safe. These tactics actally send a message that there is so little racism that they must stage attacks to keep the narrative going. Been another tough week for lefties trying to explain the goofy economics of Cortez and now this Jusse false accusation. This is what happens when you continually pander to the loons.
So the end result of this is... Gay black actor assaulted by two black gay men in total acting event.
The only issue I have with this report is the use of the word “Recounted” instead of “Concocted”. after all, the fabricator of the attack is gay.