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Jussie Smollett Tried To Get The Charges Against Him Thrown Out. The Illinois Supreme Court Denied.

Ashe Schow
Jussie Smollett Tried To Get The Charges Against Him Thrown Out. The Illinois Supreme Court Denied.
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It’s been more than a year since ex-“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett claimed he was attacked by two white supporters of President Donald Trump on a frigid Chicago morning.

After new charges were brought against the actor in mid-February, his attorneys filed an emergency motion with the Illinois Supreme Court, The Chicago Tribune reported, arguing “that Cook County Judge Michael Toomin overstepped his authority and misinterpreted the law when he ordered the appointment of a special prosecutor in Smollett’s case last year.”

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