Actor Jussie Smollett, right, stands with his attorney Patrica Brown Holmes during a news conference at Cook County Court after Smollett's charges were dropped on March 26, 2019, in Chicago. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, who was elected in 2016 and recused herself from the case, has given interviews defending her office’s decision. The police union blasted the decision, as did an organization of Foxx’s fellow prosecutors and one of her peers in Illinois. One official said federal authorities have sought to gather basic details of how Smollett’s charges were dropped as they examined the separate question of a threatening letter Smollett reported receiving. The National District Attorneys Association, which bills itself as the country’s biggest organization of prosecutors, released a statement saying Foxx’s entire office should have been recused.

Source: Washington Post March 28, 2019 23:37 UTC