Posted on 03/27/2019 3:18:46 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
The decision to file a fresh set of charges against Jussie Smollett now rests in the hands of John Lausch, Chicago’s US Attorney who was handpicked by President Trump.
Lausch, who grew up in Joliet, Illinois, worked as an assistant US attorney in the Windy City from 1999 to 2010 and then as a partner at a private firm before being officially sworn into office in November 2017, the Chicago Tribune reported.
In a surprise move on Tuesday, state prosecutors dropped all 16 felony charges against Smollett related to his alleged hoax hate-crime attack in January.
But the FBI has been working with the Chicago police department since early in the investigation and processed all of the evidence in the case, cops have said.
The feds and investigators with the US Postal Inspection Service have been also probing a death threat letter Smollett received a week prior to the purported beatdown.
That means the “Empire” star could potentially face federal charges including obstruction of justice, mailing threatening communications and conspiracy.
Sentences for those crimes range from five to 20 years.
“The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is working closely with our law enforcement partners on this investigation,” the postal service said in a statement to Fox News. “We are unable to provide any additional comment at this time.”
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Go for it! Even some Dems are stunned by this blatant political protection.
I want all their asses arrested for collusion, yeah Kim Foxx and all the rest of them, from the Obamas down the line, that is what real collusion looks like
That might work.
Imagine the thriller book that Blagovich and Jussie will be able produce while cooling their heels in the pokey. /smile
If the Federal Prosecutor does not file someones head should roll. Are you listening President Trump.
Go get him!
It isn’t really even the same case. And sending white powder and a terroristic threat through the U.S. Mail is very naughty.
I am confused. Didn’t the Obama operative try to give it to a Federal prosecutor in the first place, so as to centralize their deep state ops on the locals?
fedeeal prosecutor? In Chicago? his payoff will be just little bigger than the $420k that went into the Cook County DA account...
They all were in on the extortion scheme from the get go?
The Obama Netflix Smollet axis of evil... no way an actor would do such a thing without a director
He was picked for his acting, just like AOC of Justice democrats
Me neither. Sounds like there is a racketeering extortion conspiracy going on, but the charges were dropped because that Obama operative wanted to hand it over to the deep state in the first place...
Just the way Alinksy did it like the mafias, hiring outsiders to do the dirty jobs on local brothers
Federal prosecution would be the best thing here. It’s really win-win.
It exposed liberal elite privilege and corruption while still locking his ass up.
https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1098985879853563905/video/1
if you have not seen this, pretty funny
and yes it makes the juicy guy look lame
Trump needs to call up the US Attorney there and say prosecute. Next step is to tell the Attorney General to prosecute all involved in the coup attempt.
If he lets these cases slide our country does not have justice.
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