Chicago Police Files on Jussie Smollett Investigation Show Behind-The-Scenes Maneuvers

Megan Crepeau, Jeremy Gorner and Jason Meisner of The Chicago Tribune wrote:CHICAGO — Chicago police on Wednesday released the investigative file involving the alleged hate crime hoax by Empire star Jussie Smollett.

The release of the documents comes a day after Cook County prosecutors abruptly dropped a 16-count indictment against Smollett, saying they’d cut a deal with the actor to perform two days of community service and forfeit his $10,000 bond to the city of Chicago.

The unusual move allowed Smollett’s attorneys to get his criminal case immediately sealed, caught Chicago police brass by surprise and brought swift condemnation from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who called it a “whitewash of justice.”

Meanwhile, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx spoke about the case Wednesday at an event at local radio station WBEZ, noting that she did not make the decision to drop charges but said prosecutors have made similar arrangements for defendants with low-level felonies.

“There’s some people who were never going to be satisfied unless Mr. Smollett spent many nights in prison,” Foxx said, according to a tweet from Block Club Chicago journalist Kelly Bauer. “Right now there’s a lot of emotion, and I wholeheartedly believe in our line of work we cannot be driven by emotion. We have to be driven by facts.”

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