{"id":1372311,"date":"2022-03-12T07:26:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1372311"},"modified":"2022-03-12T07:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:33:22","slug":"lol-soros-backed-da-kim-foxx-says-jussie-smollett-prosecution-a-failure-of-justice-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lol-soros-backed-da-kim-foxx-says-jussie-smollett-prosecution-a-failure-of-justice-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Lol: Soros-Backed DA Kim Foxx Says Jussie Smollett Prosecution a \u201cFailure of Justice System\u201d"},"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\">28<\/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%2Flol-soros-backed-da-kim-foxx-says-jussie-smollett-prosecution-a-failure-of-justice-system%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=1372311&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--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s top prosecutor, who <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/08\/17\/kim-foxx-engaged-in-substantial-abuses-letting-jussie-smollett-walk-free\/\">originally let Jussie Smollett skate on 16 felony charges<\/a> for lying to police, called the prosecution of the disgraced actor a failure of the justice system and said he was the victim of \u201cmob justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kim Foxx made the remarks in a <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2022\/3\/10\/22971657\/jussie-smollett-case-our-justice-system-failed-states-attorney-kim-foxx-op-ed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thursday night column in the Chicago Sun-Times<\/a> published shortly after Smollett, 39, was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/10\/jussie-smollett-sentenced-to-jail-for-staging-hate-crime\/\">sentenced to five months in jail<\/a> for staging a hate crime against himself in a bid to raise his public profile.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust because we do not like the outcome should not mean we bully prosecutors and circumvent the judicial process to get it changed. Smollett was indicted, tried and convicted by a kangaroo prosecution in a matter of months,\u201d Foxx wrote in the piece.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, the families of more than 50 Black women murdered in Chicago over the last 20 years await justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-feat-image.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-feat-image.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Foxx made the remarks in a Thursday night column in the Chicago Sun-Times.\" class=\"wp-image-21498575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-feat-image.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-feat-image.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-feat-image.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Foxx made the remarks in a Thursday night column in the Chicago Sun-Times. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Pat Nabong\/Sun-Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Smollett wipes away tears in court.\" class=\"wp-image-21498673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Smollett wipes away tears in court.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">POOL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shortly after a grand jury returned a 16-count indictment against Smollett in 2019, Foxx made the decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/03\/26\/all-charges-against-jussie-smollett-have-been-dropped\/\">quietly drop all charges against him<\/a> after he agreed to forfeit his $10,000 bond and complete some community service hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The state attorney was widely lambasted for the move and a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/04\/17\/kim-foxxs-deputy-didnt-have-authority-to-drop-smollett-charges-emails\/\">series of other ethical blunders<\/a> she made while handling the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Foxx continued to speak with Smollett\u2019s sister after he was the target of a criminal probe and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/04\/19\/kim-foxx-ignored-ethical-warning-in-jussie-smollett-case\/\">deliberately misled the public in her \u201ccolloquial recusal\u201d<\/a> where she continued to be actively involved in the case and never filed to appoint a special prosecutor, as is required by law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Jussie Smollett proclaims his innocence as he is sentenced to jail.\" class=\"wp-image-21498589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jussie Smollett proclaims his innocence as he is sentenced to jail.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">BRIAN CASSELLA\/POOL\/EPA-EFE\/Shut<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-10.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-10.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Abimbola Osundairo, right, prays with his brother Olabinjo Osundairo, center, a bodyguard, left, and their attorney during Smollett&#039;s trial in Dec. 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-21498626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-10.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-10.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-10.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Abimbola Osundairo (counterclockwise from right) prays with his brother Olabinjo Osundairo, a bodyguard and their attorney during Smollett\u2019s trial in December 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Rex Arbogast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The missteps ultimately prompted Judge Michael Toomin to appoint special prosecutor Dan Webb to reinvestigate the case, ruling Foxx\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/06\/21\/jussie-smollett-could-be-charged-again-says-chicago-judge\/\">handling of the matter was rife with \u201cunprecedented irregularities\u201d<\/a> and a second look was necessary to restore confidence in the criminal justice system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the column, Foxx defended her \u201cprosecutorial discretion\u201d in her decision to drop the charges against Smollett and criticized the appointment of Webb as \u201cmob justice.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the reputational price Smollett paid, the $10,000 bond we held, and the fact that he\u2019d never been accused of a violent crime, my office made the decision not to further pursue a criminal conviction. This story should have ended there, as thousands upon thousands of non-prosecuted cases do every day,\u201d Foxx wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-05.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-05.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Judge James Linn speaks during the sentencing hearing.\" class=\"wp-image-21498595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-05.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-05.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-05.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Judge James Linn speaks during the sentencing hearing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">POOL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-11.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-11.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Jussie Smollett&#039;s family walks back to their car after the sentencing.\" class=\"wp-image-21498639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-11.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-11.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-11.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jussie Smollett\u2019s family walks back to their car after the sentencing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anthony Vazquez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cInstead, taxpayers have since spent millions of dollars for the criminal prosecution of a hoax. Last year alone there were over 800 murders in Chicago. My administration has vacated over 177 wrongful convictions, 87 of those in the last 3 years. Rather than working collaboratively to stem rising crime or free the wrongly convicted, a small group of people hijacked the judicial system to enact what is best described as mob justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Foxx dropped Smollett\u2019s charges, her office said similar deferred prosecution deals were offered to a slew of defendants facing similar raps, but when pressed, it was never able to produce an example.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Foxx\u2019s comments late Thursday, Webb said he doesn\u2019t answer to Foxx and previously said on multiple occasions that his firm took on the case \u201cpro bono.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Smollett in court on Thursday.\" class=\"wp-image-21498607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Smollett in court on Thursday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">POOL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Smollett raises his fist to proclaim his innocence.\" class=\"wp-image-21498663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Smollett raises his fist to proclaim his innocence. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">BRIAN CASSELLA \/ POOL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen [Toomin] heard the evidence and that in fact the Cook County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office dismissed the entire indictment with no punishment whatsoever, no jail time, no restitution, no criminal fine, no probation, no deferred [prosecution], Smollett was allowed to go free and basically give the finger to the city of Chicago,\u201d Webb said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudge Toomin decided that the handling of that case was so inappropriate that a special prosecutor needed to be appointed, so I follow the directions of Judge Toomin, not the directions of Kim Foxx.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago\u2019s top prosecutor, who originally let Jussie Smollett skate on 16 felony charges for lying to police, called the prosecution of the disgraced actor a failure of 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