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The most notorious example came when “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who is Black, claimed he was beaten up in Chicago by two White men shouting “This is MAGA country.” He was found guilty of disorderly conduct and falsifying a police report in 2021 and sentenced to 150 days in prison.
Racist pro-Trump vandalism at college was carried out by fraudster →
Prosecutors argued in the now-overturned 2021 trial and conviction that Mr. Smollett paid $3,500 to two Black men, who are brothers, to carry out the attack because he was unhappy with hate mail he received. The prosecution said at the time the mail was also fabricated.
