Posted on 09/10/2020 4:02:31 PM PDT by Drastic
The 38-year-old former Empire actor Jussie Smollett maintains his innocence during an interview with former CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill. The interview was posted on Instagram and Smollett still suggests that he was the victim of an incident that allegedly took place back in January of 2019, in Chicago. Lamont is currently a BET correspondent and Temple University professor.
Smollett stated the following in the interview with Hill: What happened in these last two years, it has humbled me in a way that nobody could possibly understand… Out of all these jokers in this entire situation, I am the only human being who has not changed his story one time.
There would be no reason for me to do something like this… There would be no reason for me to do something foolish… and I do think that if you look at all of the things that were happening for me, and then for all of the opportunities and all of the money… whatever, that I have lost at this point, if in fact what they said was true, the smart thing to do would be to admit that. At least there would be a place to work back from. This is bullsh*t. It’s bullsh*t.
(Excerpt) Read more at byberry.com ...
If Smollett is SO innocent, he should let everyone view text messages between him and Kamala Harris around the time of the fake hoax, let’s see what they both discussed
He’s pathological at this point.
Wow, Smollett, never give up the con! LOL.
it was a straight-up noose. I guess Bubba taught him well
Lie till ya die.
Did he wear his noose?
It’s not a lie if you believe the lie.
Dave Chappelle did a bit mocking him about it.
So he still maintains that the two Nigerians are white Trump supporters? LOL
OK...
He is “innocent”
and OJ Simpson did “not” murder...
and Jacob Blake was “not” aggressive...
And BLM movement is “peaceful”.
Only a person of remarkably low intelligence would dig themselves in so deep.
...never ever admit what everyone knows you did
A couple of formers.
16 Aug: news.com.au: Kamala Harris and the Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax
Vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris may wish she could go back and change this episode of her failed campaign for the top spot.
by Frank Chung
For Kamala Harris, is no noose good noose?...
Less well covered are a number of curious links between Ms Harris, at that point running for the Democratic presidential nomination, and the saga of Smollett’s “attempted modern day lynching”, as she described it...
Despite local media reports suggesting Chicago police strongly doubted the story – Smollett’s claims were run by national and international media for weeks...
Police eventually concluded that Smollett had paid two acquaintances – Nigerian brothers and fellow Empire actors Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo – to stage the attack to boost his profile, and in February he was charged with filing a false police report...
THE KAMALA CONNECTION
Ms Harris had a number of noteworthy connections to the case, not least her friendship with Smollett.
The two were photographed in January 2018 protesting together at a Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles honouring the legacy of Martin Luther King.
The Senator was one of the first major public figures to come out with a statement about the attack, which she used to promote a stalled – and entirely symbolic – “anti-lynching” bill she had co-authored with fellow Senators Cory Booker and Tim Scott.
“(Jussie Smollett) is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I’m praying for his quick recovery,” Ms Harris tweeted shortly after the news broke.
“This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or colour of their skin. We must confront this hate.”
In February, after Chicago police had arrested the two brothers and Smollett’s story was beginning to fall apart, Ms Harris appeared caught off guard when questioned about the developments during a campaign appearance at a bookstore in New Hampshire...
A female reporter asked whether Ms Harris wanted to amend her January 29 tweet.
“Which tweet? What tweet?” Ms Harris said, looking around for a campaign staffer for assistance...ETC
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/kamala-harris-and-the-jussie-smollett-hate-crime-hoax/news-story/fee69fc5b217f31eac7e037cd836aa33
Not that this will ever be proven in court. But Occam’s Razors says that’s how this went down.
Harris had done little in the Senate (similar to Obama), was running in the Dem primary for POTUS, needed an issue to run on, was sponsoring a hate crime bill, and LO AND BEHOLD, her buddy gets “lynched.” BY WHITE GUYS IN MAGA HATS!
Total coincidence. Uh huh. Sure.
5 Sept: Chicago Sun-Times: Michael Avenatti is sent subpoena in latest twist in Jussie Smollett case
Avenatti, who awaits sentencing for trying to extort Nike, made overtures as he considered representing the Osundairo brothers, an attorney for the ex-”Empire” actor tells Sneed.
By Michael Sneed
Sneed hears ferociously outspoken attorney Michael Avenatti, a headline grabber recently found guilty of attempting to extort the sports apparel goliath Nike, is listed in a subpoena request by attorneys for actor Jussie Smollett, who is awaiting trial for staging a phony hate crime against himself.
The subpoena requested Avenatti to produce “all documents related to any offers made by Avenatti on behalf of his clients, the Osundairo brothers — and any documentation for other offers made to Smollett on behalf of his clients requesting money for the Osundairos,” said William Quinlan, Smollett’s Chicago attorney.
Translation: Any offers might show if there was an attempt to get a financial payoff to maintain the brothers’ silence, Quinlan alleged.
A message left at Avenatti’s office Friday went unreturned...
On March 3, 2019, Avenatti texted Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx: “I may be coming in to represent the brothers in the Smollett case. I know you recused yourself. Who is in charge that I can speak with?” — according to texts between Avenatti and Foxx’s office published by the Chicago Tribune...
Avenatti’s subpoena failed to be served because he is “still under house arrest awaiting sentencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Quinlan said, and not yet in the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons...
Quinlan tells Sneed he plans to issue a new subpoena once a date for the new Smollett trial is set and plans to list Avenatti as a potential witness in the upcoming trial...
Meanwhile, Smollett quietly slipped into town several weeks ago to attend the funeral of Chicago organizer Ina Wilson, whose son, Phil, a Black Lives Matter movement director, was Smollett’s mentor since he was 15 years old, said Quinlan.
“Phil asked Jussie to sing at his mother’s funeral and he did,” he said. “Phil was one of the four people along with Rev. Jesse Jackson to write character reference letters for him during the legal proceedings,” added Quinlan...
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/9/5/21422883/jussie-smollett-michael-avenatti-william-quinlan-michael-sneed
There is no guilt because he thinks it's fake but true and also ... this one is a sociopath and mistakes his ambition as duty and sacrifice to his brothers - a delusion of grandeur, but he's certainly feeling the pressure of the practical bind he's in.
Will he become a human being ever like Pinocchio? Maybe, but I don't think so. Ego too big, so big it's doing his thinking for him. I think he's looking at a post-murder OJ type internal life.
His choice to come clean is not unlike an alcoholic's choice to admit what is obvious, but in admitting the obvious, you take a step into the room of facing what you most fear.
I don't like his chances. The interviewer sure as hell doesn't believe him, and frankly this interview has destroyed any case he had with any public that held out hope that there was some hidden explanation.
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