If it were handled like normal, as they claimed, they wouldn’t have needed to debate how to explain dropping the charges.
Via Fox News:
Prosecutors struggled over how to describe their reasoning for dropping all charges against actor Jussie Smollett, according to documents released Friday.
In an email sent to prosecutors by Smollett’s lawyer the day before the charges were dropped March 26, the lawyer, Patricia Holmes, suggested they say Smollett is a “dedicated citizen of Chicago who volunteers and contributes regularly in the Chicago area community,” the New York Times reported.
On Friday, Cook County (Ill.) State’s Attorney Kim Foxx made public more than 2,000 pages of documents related to the case, in which the 36-year-old “Empire” cast member claimed to have been the victim of an assault in Chicago.
Foxx had recused herself from the case, citing false rumors that she was related to Smollett. Previous explanations suggested she recused over contact she had with Smollett family members during the investigation.