{"id":116671,"date":"2019-02-17T07:40:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T11:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=116671"},"modified":"2019-02-17T07:49:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T11:49:42","slug":"confirmed-hoax-jussie-smollett-paid-7k-to-stage-fake-hate-crime-attack-to-demonize-maga-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=116671","title":{"rendered":"<b>CONFIRMED HOAX:<\/b> Jussie Smollett Paid $7K to Stage Fake Hate Crime Attack to Demonize MAGA Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Nigerian Brothers In Smollett Investigation Paid $7,000 To Stage &#8220;MAGA Country&#8221; Attack: Report<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_76082\" style=\"width: 803px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jussie-empire-star-babdly-beaten-by-two-men.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76082\" class=\"wp-image-76082 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jussie-empire-star-babdly-beaten-by-two-men.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"793\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-76082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoaxer Jussie Smolett pictured with self-inflicted injuries<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update6:\u00a0<\/strong>Smollett reportedly directed at least one of the Nigerian brothers to purchase the rope (at either an ACE hardware store, or the Crafty Beaver hardware store) and hats. They\u00a0were also paid $3,500 each prior to leaving for Nigeria and promised $500 each upon their return, according to\u00a0<em>CBS Chicago&#8217;<\/em>s Charlie De Mar.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources: Rope\/hats purchased at direction of Smollett<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie De Mar (@CharlieDeMar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieDeMar\/status\/1096936997330010112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New: Sources\u2014The brothers were paid $3,500 prior to leaving for Nigeria and were promised an additional $500 upon their return. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbschicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cbschicago<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/22zRPCcYTe\">https:\/\/t.co\/22zRPCcYTe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Updated typo from previous tweet)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie De Mar (@CharlieDeMar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieDeMar\/status\/1096942749297926144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Breaking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Breaking<\/a>: 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CPD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CPD<\/a> sources tell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fox32news?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fox32news<\/a> the brothers arrested &amp; released in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JussieSmollett?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JussieSmollett<\/a> case told detectives they were paid by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Empire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Empire<\/a> actor to orchestrate the attack. Detectives also have a receipt for the rope found on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Smollett?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Smollett<\/a> neck showing the brothers bought it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; raferweigel (@RaferWeigel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaferWeigel\/status\/1096931054105980928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Smollett case news. Backing up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaferWeigel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RaferWeigel<\/a> report: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABC<\/a> confirms detectives were able to confront the 2 brothers <br \/>with evidence they purchased the rope found around Smollett\u2019s neck at an Ace hardware store. The brothers agreed to cooperate with police.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rob Elgas (@RobElgasABC7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobElgasABC7\/status\/1096931461553369088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It appears that Jussie Smollett tried to manufacture a hate crime to make Trump supporters look bad and most of the media not only uncritically accepted his lies as facts for weeks, but attacked those who questioned the validity of his false story.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1096945854852853760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-16\/smollett-hires-michael-cohens-criminal-defense-lawyer-assault-story-takes-dramatic\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-16\/smollett-hires-michael-cohens-criminal-defense-lawyer-assault-story-takes-dramatic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian Brothers In Smollett Investigation Paid $7,000 To Stage &#8220;MAGA Country&#8221; Attack: Report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}