Posted on 06/21/2019 12:06:26 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
A Chicago judge appointed a special prosecutor on Friday to investigate Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of the investigation into Jussie Smollett’s alleged hoax hate crime.
Judge Michael Toomin said that Foxx’s unorthodox decision to drop all charges against Smollett absent an admission of guilt was within her authority, but suggested that her decision to hand the case over to her top deputy was improper.
The special prosecutor may end up bringing charges against Smollett in connection with the staged hate crime, Toomin said.
Former state appellate judge Sheila O’Brien petitioned for the appointment of a special prosecutor in April on the grounds that Foxx’s decision not to charge Smollett, despite what police claimed was overwhelming evidence of his guilt, created “a perception that justice was not served here, that Mr. Smollett received special treatment.”
Cook County officials have argued that the special prosecutor’s appointment is redundant since the county inspector general’s office is already looking into Foxx’s handling of the case and her decision to drop all pending charges in March, less than three weeks after Smollett was initially charged.
Foxx reached the decision not to prosecute Smollett roughly one month before announcing it publicly, according to court documents unsealed in April.
In her petition requesting a special prosecutor, O’Brien focused on Foxx’s claim to have recused herself.
Days after the alleged incident, Foxx announced that she had recused herself from the investigation due to public misperceptions that she had personal relationships with members of the Smollett family. Then, after text messages revealed that she continued weighing in on the case in conversations with her deputy after her recusal, Foxx admitted that she had not actually recused herself “in the legal sense” and instead had only used the term in colloquially.
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If this special prosciutto is a non-bureaucrat (which I doubt), moochelle’s toned-armprints might be found. That’s what a rumor once held.
This was Obama pressure
This is going to not go so well for that overpaid undertalented lying f-word.
Juicy may have an opportunity to abour coding.
Thanks for posting.
HOW EVIL ARE THESE DOMESTIC ENEMIES?
Look at this case.
If this special counselor has more power the governmental prosecutor or attorney general, then show me the law which provides for its existence.
Foxx
- Soros bought and paid for.
Is Mueller available?
Juicy Smellit has admitted that he is gay. He’ll become some big thugs honey while in prison so he ought to love lock up!
I have a theory that Soros doesn’t accomplish any of his dirty dealings with his own money. I wouldn’t be surprised one bit if that demon’s wealth and funds came from stolen U.S. tax dollars. Think about it. 21 trillion dollars in debt and Obama was the biggest contributor. We’ve been robbed by our government for decades now - funding our own future fate.
Last thing Obama wanted. Michelle & Jussie are BBF.
I expect the bodies of those associated with this to start piling up soon.
[ Judge Michael Toomin said that Foxx’s unorthodox decision to drop all charges against Smollett absent an admission of guilt was within her authority, but suggested that her decision to hand the case over to her top deputy was improper. ]
Beyond improper. Foxx is obvious a partisan activist.
Oh my. My, my, my.
Jussie isn’t off the hook just yet.
A 50 pound bag of popping corn ought to do it.
I certainly hope not.
For what he did, I’d give him 20 years, if it were possible.
jussie should be in jail along with the prosecutor who let him go free.
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