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Foxx Fights Back: Cook County Prosecutor Insists Sealing Records Was ‘Unintentional,’ Admits She Didn’t Recuse Herself From Smollett Case

Emily Zanotti

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx fought back against allegations that her office provided special treatment to Jussie Smollett, and that prosecutors petitioned for Smollett’s records to be sealed — cutting off access for reporters and information seekers — but her office also now admits that Foxx did not officially recuse herself from Smollett’s case, despite her claims.

In an interview with Chicago’s ABC affiliate Wednesday night, Foxx claimed that the Cook County Prosecutor’s Office did not persuade a judge to seal the “Empire” star’s records, and that the court file was sealed “inadvertently” and was in the process of being unsealed.

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