Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx changed her explanation on Friday for her recusal from the Jussie Smollett case, as her office released more than 2,000 pages of documents on the case.
Foxx said she was advised to withdraw from the case based on unfounded rumors that she was related to the “Empire” actor, who was accused of faking a hate crime against himself. That explanation conflicts with the statement her office gave in February, which said she stepped aside due to conversations she had with a Smollett relative about the investigation.
Foxx has faced withering scrutiny over her handling of the case, and has been under pressure to explain why she did not formally recuse her entire office, which would have resulted in the appointment of a special prosecutor. In her statement on Friday, Foxx said the decision was based on a false rumor — not on her own actions...
Foxx said she was advised to withdraw from the case based on unfounded rumors that she was related to the “Empire” actor, who was accused of faking a hate crime against himself. That explanation conflicts with the statement her office gave in February, which said she stepped aside due to conversations she had with a Smollett relative about the investigation.
Foxx has faced withering scrutiny over her handling of the case, and has been under pressure to explain why she did not formally recuse her entire office, which would have resulted in the appointment of a special prosecutor. In her statement on Friday, Foxx said the decision was based on a false rumor — not on her own actions...
- 6/1/2019
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Two deputies in the office of Kim Foxx, the controversial Cook County prosecutor whose office dropped the 16 felony charges against actor Jussie Smollett, have resigned, The Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Chief ethics officer April Perry, who wrote a memo announcing Foxx had recused herself from the Smollett case, and veteran prosecutor and civil attorney Mark Rotert, will exit on May 3, according to information obtained as part of a public records request by the Sun-Times.
Rotert submitted his resignation on March 27, the day before the office dropped 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct against Empire actor Smollett, but Rotert denies his resignation had anything to do with Smollett.
“(Smollett’s case) had absolutely zero percent to do with my decision,” he told the publication.
Perry is stepping down to take a job as general counsel for a tech start-up, according to the Sun-Times.
Foxx and her office have been under fire for their...
Chief ethics officer April Perry, who wrote a memo announcing Foxx had recused herself from the Smollett case, and veteran prosecutor and civil attorney Mark Rotert, will exit on May 3, according to information obtained as part of a public records request by the Sun-Times.
Rotert submitted his resignation on March 27, the day before the office dropped 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct against Empire actor Smollett, but Rotert denies his resignation had anything to do with Smollett.
“(Smollett’s case) had absolutely zero percent to do with my decision,” he told the publication.
Perry is stepping down to take a job as general counsel for a tech start-up, according to the Sun-Times.
Foxx and her office have been under fire for their...
- 4/19/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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