Chicago's mayor points to the president's past comments on racial issues in an appeal to let the city handle the actor's case.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had a message for President Trump over his administration’s interest in the Jussie Smollett case: ‘Sit this one out.”
FBI & DOJ to review the outrageous Jussie Smollett case in Chicago. It is an embarrassment to our Nation! “My view is we have a president in the Oval Office who degrades it when he does not know the difference between somebody willing to use their body and their soul to fight bigotry and make it morally equivalent with those who perpetuate bigotry.”
Smollett has maintained his innocence, and on Thursday reacted to Emanuel’s comments on the deal with prosecutors.
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