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  • TOGETHER OR APART.

  • BACK TO YOU.

  • NEW LINE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

  • NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE

  • JUSSIE SMOLLETT CASE.

  • A CHICAGO JUDGE NAMING THE

  • SPECIAL PROSECUTOR WILL NOT

  • INVESTIGATE WHY OFFICIALS

  • ABRUPTLY DROPPED CHARGES AGAINST

  • THE ACTOR.

  • DESPITE ACCUSING HIM OF STAGING

  • A HATE CRIME ATTACK AGAINST

  • HIMSELF.

  • MATT FINN JOINS US FROM CHICAGO.

  • MATT?

  • >> MELISSA, WE ARE BASICALLY

  • BACK TO SQUARE ONE IN THE

  • JUSSIE SMOLLETT SAGA.

  • AS IF ALL THE PRIOR LEGAL

  • PROCEEDINGS HAD NEVER HAPPENED.

  • THIS NEW SPECIAL PROSECUTOR IS

  • NOW TASKED WITH INVESTIGATING

  • ANY PERSON OR ANY OFFICE IN THE

  • JUSSIE SMOLLETT CASE.

  • THAT MEANS THE SPECIAL

  • PROSECUTOR COULD BRING THE SAME

  • OR A NEW CRIMINAL CHARGES

  • AGAINST THE ACTOR OR ANYONE

  • INSIDE OF KIM FOXX'S OFFICE.

  • SPECIAL PROSECUTOR NAMED TODAY

  • IS DAN WEBB.

  • HE'S A FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY HERE

  • IN ILLINOIS THAT ALSO SERVED AS

  • COUNSEL ON THE IRAN CONTRA TRIA

  • TRIAL.

  • THE JUDGE MICHAEL TOMMIN

  • APPOINTED WEBB AND SAYS WEBB IS

  • IMMENSELY QUALIFIED.

  • >> THIS IS IMPORTANT.

  • JUDGE TOMMIN HAS MADE THAT CLEAR

  • TO ME.

  • HE THINKS THE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE

  • IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SAYS IT'S

  • EFFECTIVE.

  • I INTEND TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY.

  • >> THAT SPECIAL PROSECUTOR SAYS

  • HE WILL TAKE GUIDANCE AND

  • MATERIAL FROM AGENCIES THAT

  • ALREADY INVESTIGATED, INCLUDING

  • THE FBI AND CHICAGO POLICE.

  • HE WILL INTERVIEW WITNESSES.

  • FROM ILLINOIS APPELLATE JUSTICE

  • SHEILA O'BRIEN CAN BE CREDITED

  • WITH A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR BEING

  • APPOINTED TODAY.

  • JUSTICE O'BRIEN FILED THE

  • PETITION IN COURT AFTER KIM

  • FOX'S OFFICE DROPPED THE CHARGES

  • AGAINST SMOLLETT.

  • SHE SINCE THE PUBLIC DESERVES

  • THE ENTIRE TRUTH, NO DRESSES

  • O'BRIEN SAYS SHE HOPES KIM FOXX

  • WILL TESTIFY UNDER OATH AND IS

  • NOT CONCERNED WITH WHETHER

  • SMOLLETT IS CHARGED AGAIN.

  • >> IF MR. WEBB DECIDES NOT TO

  • BRING CHARGES, WHAT I BE

  • DISAPPOINTED?

  • NO.

  • I'M NOT CONCERNED WITH THE

  • OUTCOME.

  • THIS WAS ALL ABOUT THE FAIRNESS

  • OF THE PROCESS.

  • >> IN A STATEMENT A SHORT WHILE

  • AGO, KIM FOX'S OFFICE INDICATED

  • THEY WILL COOPERATE WITH THE

  • SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR AND

TOGETHER OR APART.

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