Posted on 07/31/2019 3:07:58 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
A Cook County judge Wednesday dismissed motions filed by Jussie Smollett's attorneys.
Attorney Tina Glandian appeared in front of Judge Michael Toomin on behalf of Smollett to overturn the judge's own decision to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate how the actor's case was handled, but it didn't work. That special prosecutor who hasn't been selected by the judge yet could recharge Smollett.
Wednesday's hearing to overturn that decision was crucial to his case and Smollett's attorneys lost. The judge dismissed the motion for a new judge and also denied a motion by Smollett's attorneys to intervene in the case.
"It's become abundantly clear that no one wants to actually deal with the merits of this case," Glandian said. "Nobody really wants the truth here....We are disappointed with the court's ruling and we're going to explore our options."
Last month, Judge Toomin said he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate why Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx dropped charges against Smollett, which could bring the case back to square one and lead to new charges for Smollett.
There is no timeline for a decision on who will be appointed as special prosecutor.
Retired Appellate Court Judge Sheila O'Brien appeared Wednesday as well. O'Brien successfully petitioned for a special prosecutor because she said she felt that the prosecution wasn't handled right
"This case is about, did the state's attorney of Cook County follow the law in her duty to prosecute?" O'Brien said. "It is not the prosecution itself. It's about what she did to prosecute Mr. Smollett."
Smollett was accused of staging an attack on himself in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood in January. Police and prosecutors said Smollett orchestrated the attack with the help of two brothers. One brother was an extra on "Empire" and the other was Smollett's personal trainer.
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Going bankrupt paying attorney fees would be a nice way for Jussie to receive justice.
He just sold a house in California at a loss. I wonder what his burn rate is?
And still get prosecuted, convicted, fined and set to jail.
He is unemployed now so he probably had to get out from under the payments.
If he is smart he is selling off a lot of things he is on which he is making payments
“There is no timeline for a decision on who will be appointed as special prosecutor.”
Illinois law is pretty clear on this. It must be someone from a different county. It’ll probably be someone from St. Clair County as they’re arguably even more corrupt than Cook County.
L
“If he is smart he is selling off a lot of things he is on which he is making payments.”
Too much financial good sense there for a limousine liberal elite. Great advise though.
“If he is smart...”
Well, I guess we already know the answer to that one.
Staging an attack, filing false reports, losing lucrative acting job. Those don’t sound like the resume of a “smart” man.
Well, he has a lawyer now who is probably advising him that he needs to shed his debt because the lawyer wants to get paid.
You’ll find your options right up beside where your head is stuck, counsellor. Dump this career-wrecking client and get a real job.
Ha! No doubt!
ABSOLUTELY!
I expect to see him on a Baltimore street corner selling drugs real soon.
Nah, he is more likely to be some homo billionaire’s cabana boy.
Gotta hope that Jussie likes leather and chains.
He might be working at Subway before too long.
Smollett is smart enough NOT to reveal the names of his handlers who promised him greatness for staging the MAGA racist attacks. Harris was probably scared $hitlish that if he was idiotic enough to get caught, he was stupid enough to reveal proof of their correspondence.
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