{"id":119691,"date":"2019-03-27T15:37:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=119691"},"modified":"2019-03-27T15:37:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:37:11","slug":"gotcha-cpd-got-radioactive-smollett-data-via-a-last-moment-foia-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=119691","title":{"rendered":"GOTCHA! CPD got radioactive Smollett data via a last moment FOIA request"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Chicago PD Quickly Dump Smollett Hate-Hoax Docs Before Case Sealed By Judge<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>A last minute FOIA records request in the Jussie Smollett hate-hoax investigation was fulfilled by the Chicago Police Department on Wednesday &#8211;\u00a0<strong>shortly before the case was sealed by a Cook County judge<\/strong><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Livid Chicago law enforcement officials were beside themselves on Tuesday after\u00a0<strong>all 16 felony charges were dismissed against Smollett for allegedly staging his own hate crime with two Nigerian-born brothers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/smollett%20nigerians%201_2.png?itok=Cgcp5g64\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/smollett%20nigerians%201_2.png?itok=Cgcp5g64\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20nigerians%201_2.png?itok=cfZo9II7 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20nigerians%201_2.png?itok=cfZo9II7 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20nigerians%201_2.png?itok=cfZo9II7 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20nigerians%201_2.png?itok=cfZo9II7 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20nigerians%201_2.png?itok=cfZo9II7 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20nigerians%201_2.png?itok=Cgcp5g64 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/smollett%20nigerians%201_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"274\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"23b08fa7-e7aa-481a-be8f-65546ebd7750\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Chicago Police Department is not happy. Our Superintendent expressed his displeasure about the charges being dropped,&#8221; one CPD officer told\u00a0<em>Fox News<\/em>. &#8220;The Department exhausted manpower and numerous hours investigating this case to make sure it was handled properly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The police department worked super hard on this. They put a ton of manpower on it because they knew it sounded wrong from the beginning,&#8221; another Chicago law enforcement source told\u00a0<em>Fox<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Keeps getting more bizarre: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJGuglielmi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AJGuglielmi<\/a> says the gag order keeps secret an investigative file that\u2019s about 8 inches thick and bars <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chicago_Police?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Chicago_Police<\/a> from discussing the investigation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yjSjZIMXEK\">https:\/\/t.co\/yjSjZIMXEK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Margolin (@JoshMargolin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshMargolin\/status\/1110949723660267522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What\u2019s interesting is that\u00a0<strong>the former chief-of-staff of Michelle Obama called the state&#8217;s attorney about the case, saying the (Smollett) family was concerned<\/strong>. Shortly after, the state&#8217;s attorney recused herself\u00a0<strong>and now the charges are dropped and the court has sealed the record<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshMargolin\/status\/1110949723660267522\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"9\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Except &#8211; they didn&#8217;t seal the record fast enough, as CPD responded to a Freedom of Information Act request by\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwbchicago.com\/2019\/03\/exclusive-chicago-police-departments.html\">CWB Chicago<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and other outlets &#8211; delivering\u00a0<strong>investigative files on Smollett<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickmon1112\/status\/1110925096057782272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1110925096057782272&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fnews%2F2019-03-27%2Fchicago-pd-quickly-dump-smollett-hate-hoax-docs-case-sealed-judge<\/p>\n<p>While the details are\u00a0compelling, perhaps the most damning statement is found at the beginning of the report, which states &#8220;<strong>Investigation revealed that a plan was formulated and put into play by SMOLLETT to conduct a staged incident where SMOLLETT was beaten by\u00a0<\/strong>[redacted]\u00a0<strong>and\u00a0<\/strong>[redacted]<strong>\u00a0posing as persons other than themselves.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickmon1112\/status\/1110925096057782272\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"17\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickmon1112\/status\/1110925096057782272\" data-tweet-id=\"1110925096057782272\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/smollett%20report.png?itok=n8Ln-HTG\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/smollett%20report.png?itok=n8Ln-HTG\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20report.png?itok=kwE6cJ-j 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20report.png?itok=kwE6cJ-j 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20report.png?itok=kwE6cJ-j 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20report.png?itok=kwE6cJ-j 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20report.png?itok=kwE6cJ-j 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/smollett%20report.png?itok=n8Ln-HTG 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/smollett%20report.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"124\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"40a3d9e9-af73-4ba2-929e-28424c78ada9\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Redacted names are undoubtedly the Osundario brothers &#8211; who claim Smollett paid them $3,500 to stage the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-03-27\/chicago-pd-quickly-dump-smollett-hate-hoax-docs-case-sealed-judge\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-03-27\/chicago-pd-quickly-dump-smollett-hate-hoax-docs-case-sealed-judge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago PD Quickly Dump Smollett Hate-Hoax Docs Before Case Sealed By Judge<\/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-119691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119691","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=119691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}