Jussie and friends.
The judge’s statement was a thing of beauty.
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The Defense insisted that the trial was not televised..., and it wasn't. The Defense insisted that the sentencing be televised..., and it was. This was to ensure that the sheeple would not hear the mountain of evidence which resulted in the jury finding Smollet guilty. I applaud the judge for fully laying out Smollet's actions in concocting his "Hate Crime" HOAX!
Jussie and friends.
Michelle Obama’s former aide Tina Tchen DEFENDS contacting the State Attorney about Jussie Smollett prior to his 16 charges being dropped
Tina Tchen issued a statement saying she knew the Empire actor’s family
She traded text messages with prosecutor Kim Foxx before charges dropped
Tchen said her only role was to connect Foxx with Smollett’s family
But she has come under renewed scrutiny for her involvement in the case after she messaged Foxx with ‘concerns’ about the investigation
Smollett attorney Patricia Brown Holmes earlier told CNN ‘there was no political influence in this case’
Tchen, a Chicago attorney, served as chief of staff to Michelle Obama
The FBI is now said to be reviewing the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of all 16 criminal charges against Smollett
By LAUREN FRUEN FOR DAILYMAIL 27 March 2019
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6857887/Michelle-Obamas-former-aide-defends-contacting-State-Attorney-Jussie-Smollett.html
Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff has been forced to defend her decision to contact the State Attorney about Jussie Smollett prior to his 16 charges being suddenly dropped.
Tina Tchen issued a statement saying she knew the Empire actor’s family and was simply putting ‘the chief prosecutor in the case in touch with an alleged victim’s family’ when she contacted Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.
The attorney has come under renewed scrutiny for her involvement in the case after she messaged Foxx with ‘concerns’ about the investigation days after Smollett claimed he’d been victimized in a hate crime.
In a statement, Tchen said: ‘I know members of the Smollett family based on prior work together. Shortly after Mr. Smollett reported he was attacked, as a family friend, I contacted Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, who I also know from prior work together.
‘My sole activity was to put the chief prosecutor in the case in touch with an alleged victim’s family who had concerns about how the investigation was being characterized in public.’
It comes amid reports the FBI is now reviewing the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of all 16 criminal charges against Smollett.
Tina Tchen, pictured, has been forced to defend her decision to contact the State Attorney about Jussie Smollett prior to his 16 charges being suddenly dropped
Tchen, 63, wrote in an email to Foxx on February 1, three days after the purported attack: ‘I wanted to give you a call on behalf of Jussie Smollett and the family who I know. They have concerns about the investigation,’ the Chicago Tribune reported.
She became involved in the Smollett case when she contacted Foxx on February 1, three days after the Empire actor claimed that two white men had assaulted him in the street shouting racist and anti-gay slurs, as well as slogans of President Donald Trump.
It is understood Tchen has close ties with Smollett’s sisters.
She wanted Foxx to convince Chicago police to hand the investigation over to the FBI, and Foxx agreed to try.
Several hours later, Foxx received a text message from one of Smollett’s relatives.
Foxx indicated that she was trying to get the investigation turned over to the FBI.
‘Spoke to the [police] superintendent earlier, he made the ask. Trying to figure out logistics. I’ll keep you posted,’ Foxx wrote.
‘Omg this would be a huge victory,’ Smollett’s relative replied to the prosecutor.
Foxx replied: ‘I make no guarantees but I’m trying.’
