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Donald Trump Calls For FBI Review Of Jussie Smollett Case

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President Trump decides that the “alphabet boys” are necessary for this one.

According to a Twitter post this morning, Donald Trump calls the Jussie Smollett acquittal “outrageous” and orders the Justice Dept. to review the case.

Neither federal agency has responded to Trump’s request, but the 36 year old Empire actor’s lawyer Tina Glandian told The Today Show this morning, “We have nothing to be concerned about.”

Smollett was charged with sixteen counts of filing a false police report after he alleged he was assaulted in January by two masked men who shouted racist and homophobic slurs at him and donned him with a noose.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel condemned the decision, calling the exoneration a “whitewash of justice.”

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Jussie Smollett Faces Decades Behind Bars After Being Charged With 16 Felonies In Hate Crime Hoax

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Things just went from bad to worse for the Empire actor.

After being charged for falsifying a police report for claiming to be assaulted in a racist, homophobic attack, the grand jury in the case has decided to charge the 36-year old openly gay actor for each lie that he told in the initial police report and police interview.

Jussie’s total number of charges has now reached 16. All of the charges are felonies.

“Jussie Smollett knew that at the time… there was no reasonable ground for believing that such offenses had been committed,”

the jury’s document says.

One of the felonies carries a maximum sentence of three years, so Smollet could possibly spend almost 50 years in prison if he receives the maximum penalty.

Smollett’s arraignment is set for March 14.

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Two Suspects Arrested in Jussie Smollett Hate Crime Attack

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The two men who were previously “persons of interest” in the homophobic and racial attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett have now been arrested.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the two Nigerian brothers have been treated as potential suspects because Chicago detectives had “probable cause that they may have been involved in an alleged crime.”

The two men have not been charged nor have the police said what the brothers were accused of or what the alleged crime might have been.

Smollett reported to Chicago police on January 29th that he had been physically attacked by two men who yelled racial and homophobic slurs at the 36-year old actor. He also said that the alleged suspects wore MAGA(Make America Great Again) baseball caps.

“Interrogations will resume today with the two individuals and their attorney,” Guglielmi said in today’s press statement.

“While we haven’t found any video documenting the alleged attack, there is also no evidence to say that this is a hoax.”

“The alleged victim is being cooperative at this time and continues to be treated as a victim, not a suspect,” he added.

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Police Release Persons Of Interest Photos In Jussie Smollett Hate Crime Assault

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The FBI along with the Chicago Police Dept. are conducting a criminal investigation in the alleged attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett and images of the potential persons of interests have been released.

Yesterday, the CPD released two photographs of two potential persons of interest in the alleged hate crime. The pictures were stills taken from surveillance video captured on Tuesday between 1:30 am and 1:45 am, when the alleged attack took place.

Police have confirmed that Smollett was seen on video walking away from the persons of interest before appearing again in the video with a noose around his neck.

The 36 year old actor was on the phone with his manager when the attackers yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him.

The openly gay actor is said to be in good condition and has had several celebrities support Smollett and condemn the attack.

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