Kim Foxx, the sly Chicago prosecutor who tried to help Jussie Smollett get away with staging a fake hate crime, is in deep trouble for “substantial abuses.” Now that a jury of Jussie’s peers found him guilty on “five of six charges he faced in the hate crime hoax he perpetrated,” a former judge made the original prosecutor’s life miserable. The report from Special Prosecutor Dan Webb’s investigation was made public Monday afternoon.
Foxx on the run
Cook County State’s Attorney hasn’t left town or anything but former judge Sheila O’Brien says “Kim Foxx is a liar and should resign.” O’Brien is the one who filed the motion resulting in a special prosecutor appointment.
Matt Finn points out that “O’Brien can be credited in part with Smollett’s conviction.” Dan Webb took a close look at the first botched prosecution and didn’t like what he saw.
The report made public on Monday, December 20, confirms that Webb found “evidence that establishes substantial abuses of discretion and operational failures by the CCSAO [Cook Country State’s Attorney’s Office] in prosecuting and resolving the Initial Smollett Case.”
New: Smollett special prosecutor’s full report is out. In summary, OSP concluded evidence shows Kim Foxx’s office engaged in “substantial abuses” of discretion and operational failures in prosecuting and resolving the Initial Smollett Case. Here are its 5 final conclusions: pic.twitter.com/5NT5PYDS92
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 20, 2021
That’s not good for Foxx or her career.
Webb’s office notes that “five final conclusions were reached after reviewing the State’s Attorney’s conduct along with three conclusions about the Chicago Police Department’s role in the Smollett saga.”
Webb went after Foxx like a group of liquored up Englishmen with a pack of dogs and “didn’t hold back when it came to Foxx’s handling of Smollett’s race-baiting scam.”
Smollett special prosecutor says it’s referring Kim Foxx and attorneys to Illinois Attorney registration – for potential ethics violations by making false and misleading statements in Smollett case.
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 20, 2021
False or misleading statements
Smollett wasn’t the only one lying to save their skin.
The report accuses Foxx of serious misconduct in the conclusion. Her office “engaged in a substantial abuse of discretion and breached its obligations of honesty and transparency by making false and/or misleading statements to the public regarding the nature and reasons for the dismissal of the Initial Smollett Case”
When she recused herself, she lied about that too. The other things are in addition to “false and/or misleading statements regarding State’s Attorney Foxx’s recusal to the public.”
Breaking: former judge Sheila O’Brien says Kim Foxx is a liar and should resign. You may recall O’Brien successfully filed the motion for the special prosecutor. O’Brien can be credited in part with Smollett’s conviction. pic.twitter.com/IEUFMqo91u
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 20, 2021
She lied when she told the press “she stopped communicating with Jurnee Smollett, Mr. Smollett’s sister” when she “had become aware that Mr. Smollett had become a subject of the investigation.”
The special prosecutor doesn’t have the power to do anything about it, but they can send the file over to someone who can. While the special prosecutor’s investigation “did develop evidence that may rise to the level of a violation of legal ethics by State’s Attorney Foxx and the CCSAO lawyers relating to false and/or misleading public statements,” the special prosecutor “has no authority to make findings determining ethical violations by lawyers.”
However, “the special prosecutor’s office “will comply with applicable reporting obligations” to refer its findings to the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission “so that it can do the appropriate review to determine if any ethical violations occurred.”
