A trove of documents, obtained by CWB Chicago through the Freedom of Information Act, seem to show that Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx believed the Jussie Smollett “hate crime” case was a “distraction” from more important matters, and was drawing attention away from her office’s prosecution of hip-hop mogul turned accused sexual predator, R. Kelly, motivating her and her colleagues to give Smollett a free pass on 16 counts of lying to Chicago police.
CWB Chicago “received nearly 4,000 pages of messages sent to Foxx’s personal cell phone and Gmail account” in an effort to uncover Foxx’s rationale behind inking a “plea deal” with the former “Empire” actor, dropping all 16 charges in return for little more than a dozen hours of community service and a forefeited bond check.
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