Jussie "MAGA Country" Smollett
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Guess they won't waste two years and a net ~$10 million on investigating this collusion.
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@antipodean said in Jussie "MAGA Country" Smollett:
Guess they won't waste two years and a net ~$10 million on investigating this collusion.
Yeah that should be the priority when people break the law.
This guy was willing to sell people down the river just to raise his profile. He was on his way to the police station to ID people he knew couldn't possibly be guilty. Utter scum.
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@Kirwan said in Jussie "MAGA Country" Smollett:
@antipodean said in Jussie "MAGA Country" Smollett:
Guess they won't waste two years and a net ~$10 million on investigating this collusion.
Yeah that should be the priority when people break the law.
This guy was willing to sell people down the river just to raise his profile. He was on his way to the police station to ID people he knew couldn't possibly be guilty. Utter scum.
Guess I need to be clearer when I'm being sarcastic.
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Good example of Hollywood privilege I guess. Sealing the details of the case is shady as fuck, and has obviously not been well received.
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@Rembrandt oh wow. This is getting super juicy!!
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This is a colossal backfire. If there was any sympathy for Smollett, it’s evaporated.
But the consequences could be enormous and terrifying. This is a green light for hate crime hoaxes. Expect to see more of it. It’s all upside and no downside. Get away with inciting a race war, and you get a race war. But if you get caught, no biggie, it’s all under seal and you’re free to go after stuffing envelopes for two afternoons.
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Letter to Smollett’s lawyers today from the City of Chicago legal department: They are demanding an “immediate” repayment of $130K for resources wasted investigating his hoax.
“If the amount is not timely paid, the Department Of Law may prosecute you for making a false statement to the City under the section 1-21-010 of the Municipal Code of Chicago or pursue any other remedy available at law.”
Read the whole thing (pdf) it is good!
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And don’t forget that hoax letter. That’s U.S. Mail, which makes it a federal crime. The FBI will be investigating, if they haven’t already.
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@Rembrandt hahaha what the fuck
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@Salacious-Crumb said in Jussie "MAGA Country" Smollett:
This is a colossal backfire. If there was any sympathy for Smollett, it’s evaporated.
But the consequences could be enormous and terrifying. This is a green light for hate crime hoaxes. Expect to see more of it. It’s all upside and no downside. Get away with inciting a race war, and you get a race war. But if you get caught, no biggie, it’s all under seal and you’re free to go after stuffing envelopes for two afternoons.
Surely if he was innocent he would want a chance to prove so. Let justice run its course so there’s no doubt all charges against him are false.
Now instead of being that guy that faked an attack to bolster his career he’s that guy that got away with faking an attack to bolster his career because of his wealth and connections -
@Salacious-Crumb said in Jussie "MAGA Country" Smollett:
Letter to Smollett’s lawyers today from the City of Chicago legal department: They are demanding an “immediate” repayment of $130K for resources wasted investigating his hoax.
“If the amount is not timely paid, the Department Of Law may prosecute you for making a false statement to the City under the section 1-21-010 of the Municipal Code of Chicago or pursue any other remedy available at law.”
Read the whole thing (pdf) it is good!
That's quite a letter alright!
I really just can't get my head around this. Surely if you'd been miraculously been bargained out of this mess you wouldn't immediately start poking the Chicago PD bear by talking to cameras proclaiming your innocence?
I don't even get people pulling strings to let him go. Are they oblivious to exactly how profile this is and what this case represents as far as the political divide for the country?
I also don't get Empire Writers welcoming him back with open arms. At this point his guilt isn't even a matter of perspective even in the mainstream. This guy just spat in the faces of Trump supporters as well as minority groups who have had actual crimes against them on the basis of their identity. Apart from the odd unhinged black nationalist, deranged antifa member and maybe the Obamas who else could possibly be on his side here?
This may have just made it even worse for him. Not sure what influence Trump has but I'd say he is pretty bouyed after the Mueller report and coming at this scum would be a popular move.