Kamala Harris' presidential campaign is down the drain.

Breitbart: Kamala Harris Quits Presidential Race.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Tuesday ended her bid for the White House amid dropping poll numbers and reports of turmoil in her campaign, Politico reports.

The news outlet said Harris will momentarily announce her departure from the crowded Democrat presidential primary.

This story is developing. Check Breitbart News for updates.

We all will miss her invented stories, feigned tales of hardships and her forced cackling laughter at inappropriate times.

Chicago Memorial Day Weekend: 34 shot, 5 fatally.

Chicago Tribune: 34 shot, 5 fatally, so far in Chicago during Memorial Day weekend.

By Sunday evening of Memorial Day weekend, Chicago police had responded to the shootings of 34 people, five of whom died of their injuries, officials said.

CLTV: Violent Memorial Day weekend leaves 5 dead, at least 35 wounded.

I am perplexed.  How come so much gun play in Chicago, Jussie Smollett's MAGA Country?

Oh. Wait. Forget it. Blame the guns. Not Blue Chicago, where DEM demagogues and politicians have spent several successful decades combating violent crime in the Windy City. Oh. Wait. Forget that too.

All charges against Jussie Smollett dropped.

In today's WTF Moment, Chicago Tribune: Cook County drops all charges against Jussie Smollett.

In a stunning move, Cook County prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all charges against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett on disorderly conduct charges for allegedly staging a phony attack and claiming he was the victim of a hate crime.

“We believe this outcome is a just disposition and appropriate resolution to this case,” a prosecutor said in court in announcing the dismissal of all 16 counts.
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“Jussie is relieved to have this situation behind him and is very much looking forward to getting back to focusing on his family, friends and career," [said Judge Steven Watkins].

CBS Chicago: Judge seals the case.

    Judge granted a motion to seal the case. @cbschicago

    — Charlie De Mar (@CharlieDeMar) March 26, 2019

 Charlie De Mar Twitter

Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to 16 counts of disorderly conduct.

Chicago Tribune: Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to faking racist, homophobic attack on himself.

"Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Thursday in Cook County court to 16 counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly staging a phony attack and claiming he was the victim of a hate crime.
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The actor, who is African-American and openly gay, has said he was walking from a Subway sandwich shop to his apartment in the 300 block of East North Water Street about 2 a.m. Jan. 29 when two men walked up, yelled racial and homophobic slurs, hit him and wrapped a noose around his neck.

Smollett said they also yelled, “This is MAGA country,” in a reference to President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan of “Make America Great Again.”

Police initially treated the incident as a hate crime, but their focus turned to Smollett after two brothers who were alleged to have been his attackers told police that Smollett had paid them $3,500 to stage the attack, with a promise of another $500 later.

Reference:  "Ready for close-up".

Jussie Smollett faked attack to promote his career, get higher pay.

WWL TV: 'Empire' actor faked attack to promote career.

"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett "took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career" when he made a false police report about an attack in Chicago, the city's police superintendent said Thursday.

Smollett also sent a racist and homophobic threatening letter to the Fox studio lot where he works in Chicago before the attack, Supt. Eddie Johnson said. He said Smollett was dissatisfied with his salary.

San Diego Union Tribune: Chicago top PD PO'ed over Smollett staged attack.

When investigators figured out the real motive behind the attack, “quite frankly, it pissed everybody off,” [said Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Thursday morning].

Breitbart: Facing federal U.S. Postal charges.

For filing a false police report, Smollett could face three years in prison and a hefty fine that could include the cost of the investigation. The hate letter could mean federal mail fraud charges.

 

Jussie Smollett now considered a suspect in his hate crime hoax.

CNBC: Jussie Smollett considered a suspect.

Jussie Smollett has been classified as a suspect in the case that sprang from his reporting being a victim of a hate crime attack last month, police said Wednesday, NBC News reports.

"Jussie Smollett is now officially classified as a suspect in a criminal investigation by #ChicagoPolice for filing a false police report (Class 4 felony)."

Chicago Tribune: Key timeline of events in Jussie Smollett case.
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UPDATE - The Telegraph: Jussie Smollett charged with filing false police report.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said prosecutors charged Smollett with felony disorderly conduct, an offence that could bring one to three years in prison and force the actor to pay for the cost of the investigation into his report of a January 29 beating.

Police were trying to get in touch with Smollett's lawyers to "negotiate a reasonable surrender," Mr Guglielmi said. That could involve Smollett turning himself in to a Chicago police station.

Time to turn yourself in, Jussie. Total hoax. Fabricated assault.
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UPDATE 2 - Sky News: Smollett staged own attack, Osundario brothers paid to stage attack. 

Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been charged with making a false police report after claiming he was targeted in a racist and homophobic attack.
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Abimbola "Abel" and Olabinjo "Ola" Osundairo, who are bodybuilders and aspiring actors, have claimed they were paid to stage an attack on Smollett.

CCTV footage shows the brothers buying a red hat and ski mask, which the actor's alleged attackers were said to have been wearing.
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...initial reports of the assault drew outrage and support for him on social media, including from Senator Kamala Harris of California and TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.

Osundario brothers buying sundry items for staged attack; Sky News

When you need a staged attack or event, and you need it done so that it's not questioned and accepted as factual and wanna get it right, ya gotta talk to Sil.

Kamela Harris No Comment on Jussie Smollett "Hoax" Until Investigation Complete

Kamela Harris, D - 2020 prez candidate, feigned inability in remembering her original Tweet - you know, the one where she rushed to judgment that the assault on Jussie Smollett was, without question, true and racially motivated by hate-filled, far-Right Winger Trump-Maga supporters.

The Blaze: Kamela Harris' cringe-inducing answer to her Smollett tweet:

"Which tweet? What tweet?" a sheepish Harris replied before looking around in a seemingly confused state [Well, her normal state is one of being confused so I think we can all grant her that, right? -DD] as the reporter filled in Harris regarding her own highly publicized Twitter post — and then finally offered the avowed liberal a lifeline: "Jussie Smollett."

Harris raised her eyebrows, paused, stammered a bit, and said, "I will say this about that case. I think the facts are still unfolding, and I'm very concerned obviously." According to the Associated Press, Harris also said, "I think that once the investigation is concluded, then we should all comment, but I'm not going to comment until I know the outcome of that investigation."

Kamela...so willing to avoid leaping to conclusions. Duh-oh:

Harris' immediate reaction Tweet to early reports of Smollett attack.

ABC News: Smollett feels victimized by reports he played a role in the attack:

Smollett's lawyers say the actor feels "victimized" by reports that he played a role in the assault.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That's so saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.

Washington Examiner:  Nigerian brothers who "attacked" Smollett:

“We are not racist. We are not homophobic, and we are not anti-Trump. We were born and raised in Chicago and are American citizens,” brothers Olabinjo Osundairo and Abimbola Osundairo said in a statement released by lawyer Gloria Schmidt.
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They were released from the custody of Chicago police Friday after police said "new evidence" indicated they were not suspected of any wrongdoing.
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Smollett had said at the time of the attack that two white men attacked him.

Most importantly, if you hadn't heard, Smollett's Subway sandwich survived, unharmed. The DC Patriot:

Now Fox 32 News’ Rafer Weigel is reporting from a Chicago Police source that Jussie Smollett was seen on surveillance camera still holding his Subway sandwich when he returned to the building after the alleged attack.

Harris, AOC, Pelosi, Cory Booger...any of the Liberals who made instant conclusions that Smollett was attacked by white, MAGA-shouting racists...have any of them ever tweeted they abhor AntiFa violence?

NY Daily News: Al Sharpton says Smollett should face maximum accountability if attack staged. Well, good for Reverend Al. Then again, he does like seeing and hearing his name mentioned in the media.

And, with no intentional reason linking the below clip to the above story - other than it made me laugh, found at You Tube.

Jussie Smollett Attack Narrative Falling Apart

But will "SNL" crack any jokes tonight about Jussie Smollett and his attack?

USA MacPaper: Brothers say Smollett paid them to stage attack.

Two Nigerian brothers told Chicago police investigators that they were paid by "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to stage an attack on him, a police source tells USA TODAY.

Deadline Hollywood: Jussie Smollett viewed as "active participant" in "attack".

“We can confirm that the information received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the Empire case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation,” a Chicago PD statement late Saturday declared. “We’ve reached out to the ‘Empire’ cast member’s attorney to request a follow-up interview.”

Daily Mail: Jessie Smollett hires criminal attorney to represent him.

Jussie Smollett has hired Michael Cohen's high-powered criminal defense attorney, as the police investigation into the attack he reported last month took a sudden shift amid allegations of a hoax.

Attorney Michael Monico, a former federal prosecutor in the Northern District of Illinois, revealed in a radio interview on Thursday in Chicago that he is representing Smollett.

Why would a victim of an attack hire a defense attorney? Well, we know why.

In the near future, we might hear some type of defense logic as this:

"Mr. Smollett was depressed, thinking his character is going to be written out of the television program he's on. He feared for his livelihood. He had bouts of anxiety and depression. He needs to seek treatment, not be punished by the law for falsifying a report. In Mr. Smollett's mind, what he did by staging this attack is a cry for help."

But he wasn't anxiety-ridden and depressed quite enough to head for a Subway shop around 2AM and act his part in a staged attack, appear at a concert a few days after the attack and spending countless hours on social media and traditional media telling people that his version of what occurred is absolutely true and that he is "pissed off" at those who doubt him.

Image of Jussie Smollett, after alleged staged attack.

Jussie Smollett Orchestrated Hoax "Attack" says CNN

CNN: Evidence suggests Jussie Smollett orchestrated attack.

Two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation told CNN that Chicago Police believe Jussie Smollett paid two men to orchestrate the assault.

The brothers, who were arrested Wednesday, were released without charges Friday after Chicago police cited the discovery of "new evidence." The sources told CNN that the two men are now cooperating fully with law enforcement.
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CNN's attempts to reach both Smollett's representative and attorney Saturday were unsuccessful.

Using the Liberal Standard of, "If you've done nothing wrong, and have nothing to hide, then why would you not fully cooperate," which is what, to me, was the beginning of the unraveling of Smollett's "I was attacked" story.

USA MacPaper: Jussie Smollett GMA interview.

During his "GMA" interview, Smollett addressed his initial refusal to give his phone to authorities, which he said was due to concern for his privacy.

“Because I have private pictures and videos and numbers," he explained, noting his phone contains "my partner’s number, my (family members numbers), my castmates' numbers, my friends' numbers, my private emails, my private songs, my private voice memos.”

Well...as long as those photos, videos, numbers, songs, voice memos are all within what is "legal", what is there to be concerned about? What is there to be paranoid about in handing over to the police the telephone numbers of family, friends, cast members? Why would this be a concern of "privacy" for him? What does Smollett think the PD will do with his "private" data?

From the same USA MacPaper link:

"And I see the attacker, masked and he said, 'This MAGA country, (N-word).' Punches me right in the face," Smollett continued. "So I punched his (expletive) back. And then we started tussling and it was very icy.

"We ended up tussling by the stairs, fighting, fighting, fighting," Smollett added. "There was a second person involved who was kicking me in my back, and then it just stopped. And they ran off.”

The image above is of Mr. Smollett after the attack. If this attack actually happened, it seems the attackers were pretty weak. That's not much of a "punch in the face". Maybe the damage - the bruises and swelling - were more visible in the days after, sometimes that happens.

The NY Post:  Suspicious bottle found near site of Smollett attack.

Last week, The Post traced Smollett’s likely route to the underpass from a 24-hour Subway sandwich shop where he bought a tuna sandwich and a salad.

Near the foot of a stairwell to the Loews, The Post found an empty hot sauce bottle that was partially filled with a clear liquid that smelled like bleach.

Over the past two weeks, Chicago received considerable snowfall. How did this bottle survive sidewalk shoveling or snow-sweepers? This bottle went undisturbed for almost two weeks?

 More details on the bottle at HaveuHeard.

Jussie Smollett "Pissed off" at those who don't believe him.

WPVI ABC 6 Philadelphia: Jussie Smollett tells GMA's Robin Roberts he is, "pissed off" at people who question he was attacked.

An exclusive interview with "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett will air Thursday morning on ABC's "Good Morning America."
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In the interview with GMA's Robin Roberts, Smollett said "I'm pissed off."
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...Roberts asked him what was making him so angry.

He responds: "It's the attackers, but also the attacks."

Smollett also talked about those who don't believe his story.

USA MacPaper: Police reject Smollett's redacted phone records.

Sgt. Rocco Alioto told USA TODAY that although they appreciate Smollett's cooperation, the submitted records were rejected because they "do not meet the burden for a criminal investigation as they were limited and heavily redacted."

CBS Chicago: Timeline of events of Smollett's incident.

Two weeks have passed since Jussie Smollett told police he was attacked. The 36-year-old openly gay “Empire” actor has not changed his report of the event, but police still do not have anyone in custody.

Sandra Rose: An alternative incident possibility?

The consensus within the Chicago PD is that Smollett lied about the attack.

Sources say investigators believe Smollett was attacked by a man (or men) he met on a homosexual dating app within an hour after he landed in Chicago.

Smollett is reportedly desperate to keep the truth from coming to light.

The Blaze: Neighbor of Smollett doesn't believe attack happened.

"I don't believe it happened the way he said it did," Agin Muhammad, who lives in the apartment complex as the actor, the New York Post reported. "I've been in this neighborhood five years. I don't believe it, not around here. … Half the people are gay and the other half are black."

 

Jussie Smollet; ABC/GMA

Jussie Smollett's Hate Crime Attack a Hoax?

The Federalist Papers: Jussie Smollett’s Apparent Hate Crime Hoax Really Fooled A Lot Of People.

When “Empire” star Jussie Smollett said he was attacked by a group of Trump supporters in an apparent hate crime, conservatives were skeptical.

Liberals, on the other hand, were downright giddy.
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But police are now asking plenty of questions. And, it turns out, Smollett doesn’t have any answers.

The thing has all but been confirmed as a hoax at this point. Even the police aren’t buying it anymore.
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Police have now scoured hundreds of hours of video footage and have found nothing resembling an attack on the star.
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Fox 32 Chicago reporter Rafer Weigel said “My sources in Chicago PD are telling me this is looking more and more like a hoax.”

This is incredible. If the attack on Mr. Smollett is true, Liberals are happy the attack occurred, even if it happens to one of their fellow Liberals. It doesn't matter, because if the attack is true, well then, it reinforces the Libs' false narrative that any person who disagrees with their ideology is a MAGA-shouting-Racist-Bigot who must be doxxed, threatened, abused on social media, shouted-out of public places, attacked...whatever.

If the attack on Mr. Smollett is a hoax, the only people surprised by this would be Liberals. Liberals wouldn't care that it was a hoax, that it was fabricated. Because an attack like this could happen, they internalize, doesn't make it something to be dismissed. Go figure.

More Here.

Chicago police have confirmed a @TMZ report to @ABC that a neighbor of Smollett's did come forward with information. Her description of a man she said she saw with a rope of some kind was "significantly different" than one provided by Smollett.

Detectives took her information but have yet to find any surveillance video that shows an individual matching the description she gave.

Why won't Mr. Smollutt let Chicago PD verify his telephone records, which potentially would help the police identify the alleged attackers? Daily Caller:

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) said “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett and his music manager are not handing over phone records of a conversation that occurred Tuesday morning during an alleged attack.

The victim and his manager reported that they were talking on their cell phones to each other but CPD has been unable to independently verify this because they refused to turn over their cell phones,” CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a Thursday statement[.]

Via The Grio, surveillance camera capture of those identified by Chicago PD as "persons of interest".

Here's the problem. It's not inconceivable that The Left would execute something like this. The Left could execute it as a "play-as hoax" or, as "real", as disgusting as that notion is.

Reuters (Yahoo): 'Empire' actor states account of attack 100% factual.

"I am working with authorities and have been 100 percent factual and consistent on every level," Smollett said in his first statement about the incident he reported on Tuesday.

Traditional Media either refuses to report things correctly, update their stories or deliberately chooses to remain with false narratives. The following from BET:

Reportedly beaten, bleached, and restrained with a noose by two white men spouting Trumpisms and wearing MAGA hats, Smollett experienced a level of emboldened violence that marginalized communities at large have feared and anticipated since (and well before) the election of our current sitting president.

Yet, SOHH reports:

Jussie never said the men were wearing the hats. Rather, they screamed “MAGA country.”

I don't know what to believe. There hasn't been sufficient information released (at least to the public) by Chicago authorities to reasonably conclude the attack actually happened, that it was a hoax or that it was done as a PR stunt/hoax. Eventually, we'll know.