A letter from the city's legal department sent Thursday to Smollett and his attorneys said the figure covers overtime worked by more than two dozen detectives and officers who spent weeks looking into Smollett's claim. The work included reviewing video and physical evidence and conducting interviews.Hours earlier, President Donald Trump tweeted that the FBI and the Department of Justice would review the “outrageous” case, calling it an “embarrassment” to the country.
The Justice Department sometimes brings federal cases after state prosecutors have declined to file charges, including after police shootings that the federal government believes might constitute civil rights violations. But department policy generally restricts prosecutors from bringing federal charges after state charges have been resolved, unless they can establish that the potential crime at issue is a federal one and involves “a substantial federal interest.
Smollett has repeatedly said the two masked men shouted slurs, wrapped a rope around his neck and poured a substance on him. He also told detectives that the attackers yelled that he was in “MAGA country,” an apparent reference to Trump's “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan, police said. Judge LeRoy Martin said court proceedings had followed the law and that there was “no nefariousness.”
“For all of the noise and all of the media attention, it's a step up from a misdemeanour,” Foxx said. Most comparable cases are resolved with probation or an agreement such as Smollett's if the defendants “don't' have a long rap sheet or a violence in their background.” Tchen said her “sole activity” was to put the prosecutor in touch with “an alleged victim's family.” Tchen said the Smollett family “had concerns about how the investigation was being characterized in public.”
White ppl made him do that. It's all their fault. Right, BLM?
He should have to pay for his stupidity.
Send Jussie the bill he can afford to pay it
HoaxHateCrime you mean. Duped media again
TFCFan UNbelievable. What a waste of tax payers money.😡😡
you'll have to remind us why this story has any relevance for a local toronto newsfeed?
Lol & police misconduct settlements cost Chicago $45 million in 2018 alone.
why should it cost the tax payers? Charge him and he should do some community service wearing a sign that says I am a liar!!
Fixed City officials say the Jussie 'Man of Faith' Smollett's Pathetic hate crime Hoax investigation cost Chicago taxpayers $130,000 TheMoreYouKnow
He should have to pay it all back plus 80,000 for wasting everyone's time
does the answer go in the vault?
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