{"id":117165,"date":"2019-02-21T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T20:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=117165"},"modified":"2019-02-21T16:02:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T20:02:33","slug":"confirmed-smollett-paid-3500-00-for-nigerians-to-stage-hate-crime-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=117165","title":{"rendered":"CONFIRMED: Smollett Paid $3500.00 for Nigerians to Stage Hate Crime Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Smollett Used $3500 Check To Pay Nigerian Brothers For Hoax Attack<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update5:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>As noted in the Chicago PD presser,\u00a0<strong>Smollett paid the two brothers,\u00a0<\/strong>Ola and Abel Osundario,\u00a0<strong>with a personal check for $3,500.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hopefully he issued them both a 1099 by the due date, otherwise he might get in trouble with the IRS too.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nixon&#39;s Head \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Nixons_Head_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nixons_Head_\/status\/1098634441096814592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 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=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">MEMO: FOR HOAX<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TallDave (@TallDave7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TallDave7\/status\/1098632451210047490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update4:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Journalist Yashar Ali says that Smollett was making $65,000 per episode, while police say he staged the attack over\u00a0<strong>not being paid enough<\/strong>. With an average 18-episode season, Smollett decided to stoke racial division across America because he thought\u00a0$1.17 million per year wasn&#8217;t enough.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scoop:  A well-placed source familiar with his comp tells me <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JussieSmollett<\/a> was being paid $65,000 per episode for his co-starring role on Empire. Average season has 18 episodes. Police say his dissatisfaction with his salary let him to stage this hoax. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FuDas9AcN8\">https:\/\/t.co\/FuDas9AcN8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18 (@yashar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/1098613533485326338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fox, which has stood by Smollett until now, says it is &#8220;evaluating&#8221; the situation and considering options.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update3:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>President Trump has weighed in, tweeting on Thursday: &#8220;@JussieSmollett &#8211; what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JussieSmollett<\/a> &#8211; what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MAGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MAGA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1098615818512941057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update2:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>A visibly angry Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson kicked off the Jussie Smollett presser with a\u00a0<strong>scathing<\/strong>\u00a0admonishment of the\u00a0<em>Empire<\/em>\u00a0star.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1098615818512941057\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"35\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I just wish that the families of gun violence in this city got this much attention, because that&#8217;s who really deserves the amount of attention that we&#8217;re giving to this particular incident,&#8221; Johnson began.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Powerful words from Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;This morning, I come to you&#8230; as a black man who spent his entire life living in the city of Chicago&#8230; Jussie Smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CEMWx5udY1\">pic.twitter.com\/CEMWx5udY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shelby Holliday (@shelbyholliday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shelbyholliday\/status\/1098605190662504448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Johnson confirmed that Smollett staged the hate crime after a letter he sent to himself did not have the intended effect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>This stunt was orchestrated by Smollett because he was dissatisfied with his salary so he concocted a story about being attacked<\/strong>,&#8221; said Johnson, who added &#8220;This publicity stunt is a scar this city didn\u2019t deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why would anyone,\u00a0<strong>especially an African American man<\/strong>, use the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshdcaplan\/status\/1098612228759130113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1098612228759130113&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fnews%2F2019-02-21%2Fsmollett-under-arrest-empire-star-surrenders-felony-charge-hate-crime-hoax<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eddie T. Johnson, Superintendent of Police in Chicago says when he saw Smollett&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GMA<\/a> interview it angered him. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;You know, it painted the city that we all love and work hard and in a negative connotation,&quot; he said. &quot;It&#39;s just despicable.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IKRs50qDE5\">pic.twitter.com\/IKRs50qDE5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/1098608756982759425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was also revealed that more than 50 search warrants have been executed in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-21\/smollett-under-arrest-empire-star-surrenders-felony-charge-hate-crime-hoax\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-21\/smollett-under-arrest-empire-star-surrenders-felony-charge-hate-crime-hoax<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smollett Used $3500 Check To Pay Nigerian Brothers For Hoax Attack<\/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-117165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117165","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=117165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}