Appearing in a Cook County criminal courthouse to plead not guilty this morning, the former Jussie Smollett was also pleading with the Illinois Supreme Court to kill the latest charges
move of six renewed charges claims that “the recent Smollett indictment wasn’t proper because the special prosecutor was appointed incorrectly.”
“The circumstances surrounding the initial case in 2019 did not reach the legal level warranting the appointment of a special prosecutor,” lawyer William J. Quinlan and long-time Smollett attorney Tina Glandian stated in the paperwork. “Under the terms of the law, in order to appoint a special prosecutor, the office had to file a former recusal with the court,” the motion added, “and that didn’t occur here.
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