RECUSAL CONFUSION IN SMOLLETT CASE: Cook County (Ill.) State’s Attorney Kim Foxx did not “formally” recuse herself from the Jussie Smollett case, her office said in a statement Thursday .... The state's attorney's office explained that Foxx used the term "recuse" in a "colloquial" sense rather than a legal sense when she left the case in February. The statement was the latest twist in the saga centering around Smollett, the "Empire" actor whom Foxx's office decided not to prosecute Tuesday for orchestrating an alleged hate-crime hoax.
In addition, the city of Chicago delivered a letter to Jussie Smollett's legal team seeking $130,000 from the actor for "expended on overtime hours in the investigation of this matter." Smollett's lawyers, in turn, have demanded an apology from Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson for "dragging an innocent man’s character through the mud."
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario