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   "Leroy N. Soetoro"  wrote:   
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   > https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2019/07/20/smollett-second-thought-   
   > two-brothers-fault/   
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   > Perhaps the Chicago Way isn’t quite as impenetrable any more as it’s   
   > seemed over the past century or so. Once State Attorney Kim Foxx and her   
   > friends managed to make Jussie Smollett’s problems go away for him and   
   > seal all the records, that looked like the end of the story. But since   
   > that time, a new judge has ordered the appointment of a special prosecutor   
   > to look into the case and, if justified, bring new charges against   
   > Smollett. Given the amount of national attention focused on the case, it   
   > began to appear as if there was a certain level of embarrassment that even   
   > Chicago couldn’t tolerate.   
   >   
   > But don’t count Smollett out just yet. His attorneys were back in court   
   > this week, “respectfully requesting” that the order to appoint a special   
   > prosecutor be vacated and, failing that, no new charges against their   
   > client be allowed. (Daily Wire)   
   >   
   > Former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett filed a motion Friday requesting that   
   > the court nullify an order last month assigning a special prosecutor to   
   > look into the handling of his case after its sudden dismissal by embattled   
   > State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.   
   >   
   > “Jussie Smollett, by his attorneys, Geragos & Geragos, respectfully   
   > requests that this Court grant his Motion, vacate the June 21, 2019 Order,   
   > and deny the Petition to Appoint a Special Prosecutor,” reads the filing   
   > submitted by his attorneys, Mark Geragos and Tina Glandian, as reported by   
   > Deadline Friday…   
   >   
   > In another passage of the filing highlighted by Deadline, Smollett’s   
   > lawyers state that if their request to drop the prosecutor altogether is   
   > denied, they want the scope of the investigation to be narrowed.   
   >   
   > In the second section of the filing, Smollett’s attorneys ask that “the   
   > Court modify the June 21, 2019 Order to clarify that the special   
   > prosecutor may investigate and prosecute potential misconduct only, and   
   > may not further prosecute Mr. Smollett for the charges that were   
   > previously brought and dismissed against him.”   
   >   
   > Translating that from lawyer-speak to English, Smollett’s legal team is   
   > first asking that Judge Michael Toomin be overruled and that no new   
   > investigation into either Smollett and Kim Foxx dredge up all this   
   > unpleasantness again. But if they can’t agree to drop it entirely, they   
   > would like assurances in advance that Foxx and her office will take the   
   > fall entirely and nobody will come around pestering Smollett for faking   
   > the “hate crime” that started this entire mess in the first place.   
   >   
   > Just to add a bit more sauce for the goose, Smollett’s attorneys are once   
   > again laying the entire blame for the incident on Ola and Abel Osundairo,   
   > the two Nigerian brothers who staged the “attack” as well as offering the   
   > possibility of a third, as yet unknown conspirator who may have helped   
   > them.   
   >   
   > You almost have to give Smollett and his legal team credit for some   
   > unmitigated gall. The new investigation isn’t even up and running yet and   
   > they’re trying to either shut it down or force the court to give them   
   > assurances in advance that the actor won’t be charged. Does Smollett   
   > really think he has that kind of pull? I’d assumed that they would try   
   > claiming some sort of double jeopardy situation leaving the state without   
   > any new charges to bring. But asking for a complete Stay Out of Jail Free   
   > card before the ball even gets rolling takes some serious chutzpah.   
   >   
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   >   
   > --   
   > No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.   
   >   
   > Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in   
   > denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016.  The clown car   
   > parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump   
   > truck.   
   >   
   > Congratulations President Trump.  Thank you for cleaning up the disaster   
   > of the Obama presidency.   
   >   
   > The Obama-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)   
   > approved Uranium One in fall 2010.  With a little luck, we'll see   
   > compulsive liar Hillary Clinton in jail before she dies.   
   >   
   > Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the   
   > The World According To Garp.   
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