{"id":1103110,"date":"2021-12-09T15:58:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T20:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1103110"},"modified":"2021-12-09T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T20:58:36","slug":"poll-74-percent-think-jussie-smollett-faked-hate-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-74-percent-think-jussie-smollett-faked-hate-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: 74 Percent Think Jussie Smollett Faked Hate Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fpoll-74-percent-think-jussie-smollett-faked-hate-crime%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=1103110&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jussie-smollett-empire-still.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An overwhelming majority of Americans say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tag\/jussie-smollett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jussie Smollett<\/a> orchestrated a fake hate crime against himself, according to a Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey reported by The Hill Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/in-the-know\/585067-most-think-smollett-staged-fake-hate-crime-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>:<\/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<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>The overwhelming majority, 74 percent, of those polled said that the former \u201cEmpire\u201d actor faked the alleged 2019 robbery by a pair of supporters of then-<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">President Trump. Twenty-six percent of respondents said that the attack happened and that Smollett was telling the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Jurors in Jussie Smollett\u2019s trial resumed deliberations Thursday on charges the former \u201cEmpire\u201d actor orchestrated a fake attack on himself, then lied to Chicago police about being the victim of an anti-gay, racist hate crime.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">The jury deliberated for about two hours on Wednesday following a roughly one-week trial. They asked Judge James Linn for a copy of a calendar prosecutors displayed at trial that indicated relevant dates, including that of the alleged attack and of what two brothers testified was a \u201cdry run\u201d for the <a class href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jussie-smollett-trial-key-moments-901588ec2b755a0b641924270f92421d\">Jan. 29, 2019,<\/a> assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jussie-smollett-entertainment-lifestyle-arts-and-entertainment-crime-644f875e61b3ea9c7e8eefd1c227bf91\">In closing arguments <\/a>earlier Wednesday, a prosecutor told jurors there is \u201coverwhelming evidence\u201d that Smollett staged the attack, then lied to police about it for publicity. His defense attorney said prosecutors\u2019 case was based on lies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Jussie Smollett is charged with&nbsp;disorderly conduct, a class 4 felony that carries a prison sentence of up to three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\"><em>The Associated Press&nbsp;<\/em><i>contributed to this report.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\"><em><strong><i>Jerome Hudson is&nbsp;Breitbart News Entertainment Editor and&nbsp;author of the book <\/i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0063027658\/?tag=breitbart035-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><\/a><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0063027658\/?tag=breitbart035-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">.<\/a><i>&nbsp;<\/i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0063027658\/?tag=breitbart035-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Order<\/a><i> your copy today. Follow <\/i><a class=\" x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeromeehudson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerome Hudson<\/a><i>&nbsp;on <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeromeehudson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Twitter<\/a>, <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jeromeehudson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">instagram<\/a>,&nbsp;and Parlor&nbsp;<\/i><a class=\" x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeromeehudson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@jeromeehudson<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An overwhelming majority of Americans say Jussie Smollett orchestrated a fake hate crime against himself, according to a Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey reported by The Hill Thursday. 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