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Actor Jussie Smollett (R), listens as his attorney, Patricia Brown Holmes, speaks to reporters at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse after prosecutors dropped all charges against him, on March 26, 2019. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
President Donald Trump said federal authorities will review the case against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.
Following a weekslong probe into an alleged hate crime against Smollett, the Chicago Police Department announced that he had faked the alleged assault, hiring two friends to pose as Trump supporters and beat him up.
