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Rep. Maxine Waters argues that it was the “correct thing” for Chicago prosecutors to drop all of the charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett after police stated he staged a fake hate crime against himself.
While speaking to Extra on Saturday night after the 50th Annual NAACP Awards, Waters delivered a full-fledged defense of Smollet and claimed he didn’t hurt anyone.
“It’s the correct thing that the charges were dropped,” Waters said.
“First of all, we probably will never know all of the details. We’ve heard a lot of information. No one was hurt — that is, physically, killed, shot — he never committed a crime before, he forfeited the bail and it’s this kind of situation where they close the case all over the country every day. I have learned this isn’t unusual,” she added.
Waters went on to say that the entire situation with Smollett garnered “a lot of attention because of who he is — he’s an extremely talented man who people have come to love because he is on TV. I’m hopeful that he will go on with his career and be successful.”
“I would love to see him, and I am looking forward to seeing him very soon,” she added.
WATCH:
Waters’ glowing review of Smollett came days after Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office dropped all of the charges this week against Smollett.
Foxx’s office stunned many last week when they dropped 16 felony charges against Smollett, whom police stated staged a fake hate crime in January and paid two Nigerian brothers to “attack him.”
Smollett told police that white Trump supporters in red MAGA hats attacked him at 2 a.m. in Chicago when it was below freezing in the middle of winter.
This claim ended up being a total hoax when the Chicago Police Department found overwhelming evidence that showed Smollett paid his two Nigerian friends $3,500 to carry out the attack.
As noted by ILMF, Smollett’s punishment for staging the fake crime was 18 hours of community service.
Well according to the prosecutors themselves, Smollett spent two whole days volunteering for Jesse Jackson Sr.’s nonprofit group, which became a key factor that led them to drop all charges against the actor.The attorney’s office provided a letter from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition which stated that Smollett spent “several hours volunteering” over the course of two days at the nonprofit group’s store, where he “met with staff and gave his suggestions” as to how to market its products to a younger demographic.The letter also stated the “Empire” actor spent “a significant part of his time” reviewing the group’s weekly broadcast and “encouraging” the production crew.The letter appeared to have been signed by Jesse Jackson Sr., the founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.Smollett racked up a total of 18 hours of community service with the nonprofit group.
How insane is that?
Smollett stages a fake crime against himself, gets all of the charges dropped, and only has to do 18 hours of community service.
And Waters thinks this was the “correct thing” to do because Smollett, she claims, didn’t hurt anyone.
What a joke!
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