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Chicago Police Union Wants Federal Probe Into Smollett Case After Michelle Obama’s Former Top Aide Contacted State Attorney

Ryan Saavedra

Kevin Graham, the president of the Chicago police union, sent a letter on March 15 to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting a federal investigation into Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, alleging that Foxx interfered in the police’s investigation of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.

Graham accuses Foxx — who eventually recused herself from the case — of acting inappropriately when she tried to talk Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson into handing the Smollett investigation over to the FBI. The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

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