Just a guess that spin isn’t going to go over well.
Via Hot Air:
If Cook County state’s attorney Kim Foxx thought that the op-ed she published in the Chicago Tribune last night was going to put the Jussie Smollett debacle in her rear-view mirror, this one will probably be remembered as a swing and a miss. In a fashion typical of those who have been caught with their hand in the cookie jar, Foxx seeks to “answer the question” for all of her detractors, but then proceeds to answer a question that virtually nobody is asking while ignoring the larger issue at hand.
In order to show that we’re all on the same team here, Foxx begins by essentially throwing Smollett under the bus. She states unequivocally, “He has not been exonerated; he has not been found innocent.” She goes on to declare that seeing people faking a hate crime makes her “angry.” But then she unleashes the question she wants to answer.
So, why isn’t Smollett in prison or at least on trial? There are two different answers to this, both equally important.
First, the law. There were specific aspects of the evidence and testimony presented to the office that would have made securing a conviction against Smollett uncertain. In determining whether or not to pursue charges, prosecutors are required to balance the severity of the crime against the likelihood of securing a conviction. For a variety of reasons, including public statements made about the evidence in this case, my office believed the likelihood of securing a conviction was not certain.