I don’t claim to have any insight into the criminal case against Jessie Smullet. I haven’t reviewed any of the evidence; I didn’t follow the trial, except for notice headlines. I do know that the jury found Smollett guilty on five criminal counts all based on making false reports to the police. Thus, the jury has concluded that Smullett staged a phony racist and anti-gay attack three years ago.
I noticed this at National Review: [1] Jussie Smollet’s Attorney made this claim today: “The defense had an uphill battle, he said, because for three years Smollett has been “tried and convicted in the media.”
When I heard this claim by Smullet’s legal team it reminded me of this:
[2]
Print this post [3]
[4]