{"id":1094437,"date":"2021-12-07T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1094437"},"modified":"2021-12-07T12:44:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:44:17","slug":"cnns-don-lemon-allegedly-sent-jussie-smollett-texts-informing-him-of-police-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-don-lemon-allegedly-sent-jussie-smollett-texts-informing-him-of-police-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN&#039;s Don Lemon Allegedly Sent Jussie Smollett Texts Informing Him of Police Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnns-don-lemon-allegedly-sent-jussie-smollett-texts-informing-him-of-police-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1094437&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">CNN anchor Don Lemon allegedly sent disgraced actor Jussie Smollett texts during the Chicago Police Department\u2019s investigation of his alleged hoax hate crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Testifying at his own trial on Monday, the former <em>Empire<\/em> star Jussie Smollett reportedly said under oath that he received a text message from Don Lemon informing him that Chicago police did not believe his account of what happened the night he claimed to have been the victim of a hate crime by two white Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"speakable\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10282383\/Jussie-Smollett-reveals-CNN-host-Don-Lemon-warned-text-cops-didnt-believe-account.html\"><em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>, Smollett\u2019s remark \u201cwas presented and then struck from the record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cHe said things began to seem off when he received a text message from Lemon claiming the Chicago police had reached out to him to say they didn\u2019t believe Smollett,\u201d noted the <em>Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">After news broke that Jussie Smollett allegedly hired two brothers from Nigeria to stage the hate crime, Don Lemon, who had initially supported the actor, said that they were acquaintances.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe even lied to a lot of people\u2026 including me. And that\u2019s not cool,\u201d Lemon said to his viewers. \u201cHe squandered the good will of very high-profile people who one day may be running this country like&nbsp;Kamala Harris&nbsp;and&nbsp;Cory Booker&nbsp;and people like&nbsp;President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Don Lemon CNN on Jussie Smollett police charge\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ru0Txvu9wlE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>News that Don Lemon allegedly used his position as a CNN anchor to get inside information about Smollett\u2019s investigation comes shortly after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2021\/12\/05\/report-chris-cuomo-sexual-misconduct-allegation-against-him\/\">network fired<\/a> Chris Cuomo for his using CNN connections to help his brother\u2019s crisis team as he stood accused of multiple sexual misconduct allegations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19035866\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-684183562-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19035866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-684183562-1.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(Mike Coppola\/Getty Images for Turner)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Smollett faces six counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report, a class 4 felony that carries a maximum sentence of up to 3 years in prison, though experts believe he will likely get probation and be sentenced to community service if convicted. Smollett maintains that he did not stage his own hate crime, alleging that Abimbola and Olabingo Osundairo \u2013 the two brothers he allegedly hired \u2013 attacked him and then demanded $1 million for them not to testify.<\/p>\n<p>During his testimony on Monday, Smollett said that he and Abimbola had a sexual relationship (the brother denies it) and that he never trusted&nbsp;Olabingo whenever he\u2019d come around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN anchor Don Lemon allegedly sent disgraced actor Jussie Smollett texts during the Chicago Police Department\u2019s investigation of his alleged hoax hate crime. 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