Jussie Smollett

Empire actor Jussie Smollett continues to maintain that he was the victim of a legitimate hate crime.

Smollett may well have suckered us all in the beginning with his hoax. However, not taking each report of a hate crime seriously would be a crime too.

Last night’s episode included spoofs of Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Cuomos, Punkie Johnson refusing to have a straight daughter, and Miley Cyrus taking a picture so she isn’t called racist.

Smollett had claimed that two men attacked him on January 29, 2019, pouring bleach on him and putting a noose around his neck while shouting, “This is MAGA country.”

Jussie Smollett testified that Don Lemon warned him that the police weren’t buying his story.

Jussie Smollett could go to jail for up to three years if the two brothers convince the jury that he paid them $3500 to stage a hate crime against him.

“Wow. If you think some eggs are going to rattle us, think again. You did not succeed. I truly hope you find happiness.”

Richard Grenell is known for defending Mike Pence as a “godly… follower of Christ” and harassing women online, but now he’s an LGBTQ first.

A special prosecutor says Smollett repeatedly lied to police, but he says the police are “maliciously prosecuting” him to cover up its own incompetence.

Jussie Smollett maintains his original claims about being attacked, and now the investigators are under even more scrutiny for their tactics.

A popular Instagrammer said Smollett inspired a young girl to falsely accuse her white classmates of forcibly cutting her dreadlocks.

Co-creator Lee Daniels said that Smollett’s future on the show is still being discussed, but his co-stars a sticking their necks out for him in a letter.

“How would you cooperate with countries that view homosexuality as a sin and a crime that is punishable by death?”

Grenell is loathed and shunned in Germany where lawmakers have demanded he be recalled to America. Buttigieg is currently polling in third place in multiple polls.

The Trump-leaning Fraternal Order of Police has found a willing audience in the conservative media for its complaints about Jussie Smollett.

Jussie Smollett managed to do the impossible. He got progressives and conservatives to unite.

“Jussie is relieved to have this situation behind him and is very much looking forward to getting back to focusing on his family, friends and career.”

To not take each report of a hate crime seriously, because of his fraudulent actions, would be a crime too.

Not only did he hire two black men to carry out a “racist” hate crime, he paid them with a check. Police have not confirmed that he wrote “Not 4 Crimez” in the memo line.

He could be sent to prison for up to three years, if convicted.