{"id":117065,"date":"2019-02-20T19:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T23:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=117065"},"modified":"2019-02-20T19:00:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T23:00:47","slug":"smollett-now-under-investigation-for-a-felony-dozen-search-warrants-authorized-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=117065","title":{"rendered":"Smollett Now Under Investigation for a Felony, Dozen Search Warrants Authorized (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Smollett Declared Suspect In &#8220;MAGA Country&#8221; Hate Crime Hoax<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Jussie Smollett is now officially a suspect\u00a0<strong>and is under criminal investigation for filing a false police report &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>a Class-4 felony, according to Chicago PD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.\u00a0Detectives are currently presenting evidence before a Cook County Grand Jury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Case Update: Jussie Smollett is now officially classified as a suspect in a criminal investigation by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChicagoPolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChicagoPolice<\/a> for filing a false police report (Class 4 felony). Detectives are currently presenting evidence before a Cook County Grand Jury. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FhDcbBKsuU\">pic.twitter.com\/FhDcbBKsuU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJGuglielmi\/status\/1098345941541797890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Empire<\/em>\u00a0star Jussie Smollett is expected to be indicted in &#8220;a matter of hours. Not days,&#8221; according to Chicago&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Fox 32<\/em>\u00a0reporter Rafer Weigel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Top attorney Mark Geragos has joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JussieSmollett?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JussieSmollett<\/a> legal team. He is assisting Todd Pugh and Victor Henderson.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CPD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CPD<\/a> sources tell me an indictment of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Smollett?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Smollett<\/a> could be coming in \u201ca matter of hours. Not days\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; raferweigel (@RaferWeigel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaferWeigel\/status\/1098289639541129216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The news comes shortly after word that\u00a0<strong>Smollett&#8217;s defense team was able to<a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2019\/02\/20\/jussie-smollett-former-suspects-grand-jury-testimony-postponed\/\">postpone testimony<\/a>\u00a0in front of a Cook County grand jury testimony by two men once considered potential suspects in the case<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/smollett%20brothers_0.jpg?itok=fe31kk2M\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/smollett%20brothers_0.jpg?itok=fe31kk2M\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/smollett%20brothers_0.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20brothers_0.jpg?itok=fe31kk2M 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"262\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ddb56e6a-bc8e-4ef6-b4ef-8d30fa4c01a7\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two men once considered potential suspects in the alleged attack on \u201cEmpire\u201d actor Jussie Smollett were moments away from testifying to a Cook County grand jury, before a last-minute phone call from Smollett\u2019s defense team convinced prosecutors to postpone the testimony.<\/p>\n<p>CBS 2\u2019s Charlie De Mar has learned the brothers were waiting outside the grand jury chambers at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Tuesday, just minutes from testifying, when the Cook County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office got a call from Smollett\u2019s lawyers, claiming they may have new evidence. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2019\/02\/20\/jussie-smollett-former-suspects-grand-jury-testimony-postponed\/\">CBS Chicago<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The two men, brothers Ola and Abel Osundario were arrested last week, however Chicago PD released them without charges\u00a0<strong>after they reportedly said that Smollett paid them $3,500 each to stage a January 29 predawn &#8220;hate crime&#8221; attack designed to make Trump supporters look like bigots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em>CBS<\/em>, &#8220;About a dozen search warrants have now been issued, including ones for Smollett\u2019s financial and phone records, and detectives are waiting for those records to come back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiY2JzIiwidiI6IjQwMzI2NTkiLCJhbnZhY2siOiJEVnpsOVFSem94M1pac1A5Yk51NUxpM1g3b2JRT25xUCIsInNoYXJlTGluayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2JzbG9jLmFsLzJHd2F2WnkiLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImNvbXNjb3JlIjp7ImNsaWVudElkIjoiMzAwMDAyMyIsImMzIjoiQ2hpY2Fnby5jYnNsb2NhbC5jb20ifSwiZGZwIjp7ImNsaWVudFNpZGUiOnsiYWRUYWdVcmwiOiJodHRwOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%2Fc3o9MngyJml1PS80MTI4L2Nicy5jaGkmY2l1X3N6cyZpbXBsPXMmZ2RmcF9yZXE9MSZlbnY9dnAmb3V0cHV0PXhtbF92YXN0MiZ1bnZpZXdlZF9wb3NpdGlvbl9zdGFydD0xJnVybD1bcmVmZXJyZXJfdXJsXSZkZXNjcmlwdGlvbl91cmw9W2Rlc2NyaXB0aW9uX3VybF0mY29ycmVsYXRvcj1bdGltZXN0YW1wXSIsImtleVZhbHVlcyI6eyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIjoiW1tDQVRFR09SSUVTXV0iLCJwcm9ncmFtIjoiW1tQUk9HUkFNX05BTUVdXSIsInNpdGVTZWN0aW9uIjoiZmVhdHVyZWQifX0sImxpYnJhcnlSZXF1ZXN0ZWQiOnRydWV9LCJoZWFydGJlYXRCZXRhIjp7ImFjY291bnQiOiJjYnNsb2NhbC1nbG9iYWwtdW5pZmllZCIsInB1Ymxpc2hlcklkIjoiY2JzbG9jYWwiLCJqb2JJZCI6InNjX3ZhIiwibWFya2V0aW5nQ2xvdWRJZCI6IjgyM0JBMDMzNTU2NzQ5N0Y3RjAwMDEwMUBBZG9iZU9yZyIsInRyYWNraW5nU2VydmVyIjoiY2JzZGlnaXRhbG1lZGlhLmhiLm9tdHJkYy5uZXQiLCJjdXN0b21UcmFja2luZ1NlcnZlciI6ImNic2RpZ2l0YWxtZWRpYS5kMS5zYy5vbXRyZGMubmV0IiwiY2hhcHRlclRyYWNraW5nIjpmYWxzZSwidmVyc2lvbiI6IjEuNSIsInByb2ZpbGUiOiJjYnMiLCJjdXN0b21UcmFja2luZ1NlcnZlclNlY3VyZSI6ImNic2RpZ2l0YWxtZWRpYS5kMS5zYy5vbXRyZGMubmV0In19LCJodG1sNSI6dHJ1ZSwidG9rZW4iOiJkZWZhdWx0In0%3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update from court confusion Monday:<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Sources: <\/p>\n<p>Brothers were expected to appear before Grand Jury. <\/p>\n<p>Last second phone call from Jussie Smolletts legal team claiming they possibly have new evidence calls off Grand Jury for the day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AF2To1whdb\">https:\/\/t.co\/AF2To1whdb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie De Mar (@CharlieDeMar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieDeMar\/status\/1098220851411980289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Osundario brothers said that Smollett concocted the hoax after a racist letter containing a white substance which was mailed to the Chicago Empire studio failed to have the impact Smollett intended.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-20\/smollett-indictment-expected-matter-hours\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-20\/smollett-indictment-expected-matter-hours<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smollett Declared Suspect In &#8220;MAGA Country&#8221; Hate Crime Hoax<\/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-117065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117065","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=117065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}