Soros Spends Big to Help Prosecutor Who Dropped Jussie Smollett Charges

Joe Schoffstall
March 6, 2020 5:00 AM

George Soros and other liberal billionaires are pushing large sums of cash into Chicago to back the far-left prosecutor whose office dropped charges against Jussie Smollett, the actor who staged a "hate crime" he said was committed by supporters of President Donald Trump.

Warren Endorses Prosecutor Who Dropped Charges Against Jussie Smollett For Fabricating Hate Crime

Collin Anderson
January 28, 2020 2:45 PM

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) endorsed the reelection of the Illinois state attorney under investigation for her handling of former Empire actor Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax.

Tlaib Blames ‘White Supremacy’ for Anti-Semitic Murders Carried Out by Black Assailants

David Rutz
December 12, 2019 11:10 AM

Rep. Rashida Tlaib blamed "white supremacy" Thursday for a mass killing in New Jersey carried out by two black assailants, one of whom had ties to a nationalist hate group.

Tlaib Has Promoted Four Viral Racial Hoaxes in 2019

Has not corrected comments on debunked stories

David Rutz
October 2, 2019 5:00 AM

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) has promoted at least four racially charged hoaxes or debunked stories from her Twitter account in 2019 and failed to issue statements recanting or correcting them.

Former US Attorney Appointed Special Prosecutor in Smollett Case

State's Attorney accused of mishandling the case

Nic Rowan
August 23, 2019 12:30 PM

Former U.S. attorney Dan Webb was named on Friday morning special prosecutor overseeing the investigation into the handling of the Jussie Smollett case

Police Report Disputes Georgia Legislator’s Accusation of Racist Incident

Witness says it was Erica Thomas who told man to 'go back where you came from'

David Rutz
July 24, 2019 11:30 AM

A witness to the encounter between a black Georgia legislator and a man she accused of telling her to "go back" where she came from told police it was actually the legislator who used that language.

Smollett Asked Police To Stop Filming After Alleged Hate Crime

Manager asked police officers to turn off body cameras

Graham Piro
June 25, 2019 11:10 AM

In the video from ABC 7 Chicago, Smollett, whose face is blurred, is seen still wearing the rope he claimed his assailants put around his neck. He is heard telling the officers that there is bleach on him.

Judge Appoints Special Prosecutor to Review Jussie Smollett Case

State's Attorney Kim Foxx under scrutiny for deal reached with Smollett

Alex Griswold
June 21, 2019 4:35 PM

An Illinois judge assigned a special prosecutor to investigate the alleged hate crime hoax carried out by Empire star Jussie Smollett and the handling of the case by the state's attorney's office.

Google Protecting Jussie Smollett From ‘Disparaging’ Searches

Search-engine’s autocomplete feature filters out hate crime related searches

Brent Scher
June 11, 2019 10:10 AM

News that Chicago police charged Jussie Smollett with staging a brutal attack on himself was covered on every network and in every major newspaper, but Google is hiding searches of it from its platform due to concerns of "potentially disparaging" the liberal actor.

Here Come the Jussie Smollett Apologists

Alex Griswold
March 28, 2019 3:34 PM

The charges against Jussie Smollett have been dismissed, but in a shocking new development, it also turns out the Chicago police bribed the brothers who alleged he faked the hate crime to begin with!