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Jussie Smollett Cops Reject Phone Records ... Please Submit Again
TMZ ^ | 2/12/2019 7:52 AM PST | Staff

Posted on 02/12/2019 9:25:20 AM PST by Red Badger

Jussie Smollett's Phone Records Rejected by Cops, Proper Bill Requested

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Jussie Smollett's submitted critical phone records to Chicago police, but those records have been rejected because they're not the real deal.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... what Jussie turned in 2 weeks after his alleged attack was a heavily redacted PDF file of his phone bill. Our sources say a PDF is subject to manipulation, meaning numbers can be added or deleted, although police are quick to point out there's no evidence they were in fact manipulated. The problem ... the only solid, irrefutable evidence is either the actual phone bill or a download of Jussie's phone.

As we reported, Jussie says he was on the phone with his manager at the time of the attack and the manager says he heard the racial and homophobic epithets. Chicago PD wants the phone records to authenticate a call was made. They asked Jussie for the records 2 weeks ago and received the PDF Monday.

Police say there are cameras everywhere in the area of Jussie's building, but there is still a 60-second gap in the video where you don't see the "Empire" star. So far there's no video of the attack.

Our sources say police have also retrieved security video from nearby stores to see if anybody bought rope around the time of the incident. Police are reviewing the video.

Police say Jussie remains cooperative and they are treating him as the victim of a hate crime.

As you know, Jussie says his attackers tied a rope around his neck ... police say there's video of Jussie with a rope around his neck in the lobby. They are not saying if the rope is around his neck outside the building because they say that would interfere with the investigation.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: empire; hoax; jussie; kamalaharris; smollett; smollettiphone
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To: Red Badger
Here's a secretly leaked copy the phone records that Jussie's submitted:


41 posted on 02/12/2019 9:50:20 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Red Badger

Another entry on the list of fake hate crimes http://fakehatecrimes.org/


42 posted on 02/12/2019 9:50:28 AM PST by tbw2
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To: Red Badger

It seems like Smollett has been trying to manage evidence right from the start: his initial delay in reporting the alleged assault; his leaving the “noose” around his neck until police arrived; his request that the police body cams be turned off; and his delay in turning over partial phone records. To me, these are the actions of someone who is trying to shape and control a false narrative.


43 posted on 02/12/2019 9:50:47 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Yo-Yo

LOL, that didn’t take long!....................


44 posted on 02/12/2019 9:50:57 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: bigdaddy45

In prior cases, liberals dismissed it as “this isn’t true, but we know all the others are, and we’re so sure about that evil oppressive climate that drove them to fake it because the victim/liar internalized it”.
In short, liberals excuse the liar and blame the group they already blamed for what didn’t happen.


45 posted on 02/12/2019 9:51:42 AM PST by tbw2
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To: Red Badger

He’s hiding from the number of his grinder date and dealer. As well as obscuring the timeline.


46 posted on 02/12/2019 9:54:59 AM PST by fightin kentuckian
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To: PGR88

Even a lot of black folks ain’t buying his crap......................


47 posted on 02/12/2019 9:55:32 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger
More likely just compromising selfies. Maybe humiliation and degradation.

-PJ

48 posted on 02/12/2019 9:59:03 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Steely Tom
I bet the next thing we hear is that the phone was "accidentally destroyed."

They're not just for servers!


49 posted on 02/12/2019 9:59:20 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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To: Red Badger
....irrefutable evidence is either the actual phone bill or a download of Jussie's phone.

Sorry, that is incorrect. A search warrant provided to the carrier will provide the call history.

50 posted on 02/12/2019 10:02:11 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: Red Badger

51 posted on 02/12/2019 10:02:19 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Red Badger

I am actually AMAZED that the Chicago police have rejected Smollett’s phone records. Because that means they are doing a true investigation here.

It would have been very easy for them to just say, “Mr. Smollett has provided us his phone records, and we thank him for his cooperation.”


52 posted on 02/12/2019 10:02:41 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Red Badger

This reminds me somewhat of the time Barney Frank showed up at a hotel wearing a belt around his neck.


53 posted on 02/12/2019 10:06:05 AM PST by Dr. Zzyzx
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To: bigdaddy45

It’s already clear there was no crime. Certainly not a crime as he described it.

Well, there was a crime. And HE committed it.


54 posted on 02/12/2019 10:06:06 AM PST by samtheman (How can there be so many brain damaged Americans?)
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To: Red Badger

bookmark


55 posted on 02/12/2019 10:07:16 AM PST by GOP Poet
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To: Red Badger

So here’s where we are on the Jussie Smollett story: he claims he was attacked by white Trump-loving racists in one of the most liberal parts of one of the most liberal cities in America. No similar attacks have been reported by anyone in the town.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 12, 2019

He’s on camera walking down the street. There is only a 60 second gap where he is not on camera, he claims the attack just so happened to occur during that gap.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 12, 2019

But cameras don’t pick up anyone fitting the description of the suspects. If they exist, they must have vanished into thin air. Also, Smollett claims he was on the phone during the attack but didn’t want to turn his phone over to police.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 12, 2019

Finally he did turn his phone records over, but redacted them so heavily as to make them useless. Oh and his own neighbors think the story is totally bogus.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 12, 2019

If this guy wasn’t a celebrity, police would have already charged him with filing a false report. The story was clearly bogus from the get go, and only became more bogus with each new revelation.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 12, 2019


56 posted on 02/12/2019 10:08:27 AM PST by Bob434
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To: posterchild

Awesome verbiage, posterchild.


57 posted on 02/12/2019 10:10:55 AM PST by supremedoctrine
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To: Red Badger
police say there's video of Jussie with a rope around his neck in the lobby. They are not saying if the rope is around his neck outside the building because they say that would interfere with the investigation.

uh-oh for Jussie...
58 posted on 02/12/2019 10:15:29 AM PST by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: Red Badger
Even a lot of black folks ain’t buying his crap.

If Smollett were "merely" black, the MSM would have ignored him completely. Rather, he's the whole leftist package - black, but also gay, urban, media "star," and publicly anti-Trump. People like Ellen Degeneres also stepped up immediately, turning up the heat on this story. So now, Smollett is the "poster child."

59 posted on 02/12/2019 10:18:02 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Red Badger

It sounds like Jussie might be in between a rock and a hard place.


60 posted on 02/12/2019 10:19:32 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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