The top prosecutor in Chicago did not formally recuse herself from the Jussie Smollett investigation, her office said
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx only separated herself from decision-making in the"Empire" star's case out of"an abundance of caution," and not based on any conflict of interest, her office said Thursday."Although we used the term 'recuse' as it relates to State's Attorney Foxx's involvement in this matter, it was a colloquial use of the term rather than in its legal sense," the office said in a statement.
Chicago police union wants a federal investigation into Smollett caseText messages obtained by CNN through an open records request show Smollett family friend Tina Tchen -- a former chief of staff for first lady Michelle Obama and a lawyer -- reached out to Foxx on February 1. Tchen wrote the family had"concerns about the investigation."Foxx emailed Tchen saying in part,"Spoke to Superintendent Johnson.
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