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FILE - In this May 20, 2016 file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the &quot;Empire&quot; FYC Event in Los Angeles. A police official says &quot;Empire&quot; actor is now considered a suspect &quot;for filing a false police report&quot; and that detectives are presenting the case against him to a grand jury. Smollett told police he was attacked by two masked men while walking home from a Subway sandwich shop at around 2 a.m. on Jan. 29. He says they beat him, hurled racist and homophobic insults at him and looped a rope around his neck before fleeing. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Jussie Smollett attorneys decry Chicago police leaks after felony charge

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 14, 2018 file photo, Jussie Smollett, a cast member in the TV series &quot;Empire,&quot; attends the Fox Networks Group 2018 programming presentation afterparty in New York. A police official says &quot;Empire&quot; actor is now considered a suspect &quot;for filing a false police report&quot; and that detectives are presenting the case against him to a grand jury. Smollett told police he was attacked by two masked men while walking home from a Subway sandwich shop at around 2 a.m. on Jan. 29. He says they beat him, hurled racist and homophobic insults at him and looped a rope around his neck before fleeing. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Prosecutors: Smollett paid brothers $3,500 for staged attack

By JEFF McMURRAY - Associated Press

In this May 14, 2018, file photo, Jussie Smollett, a cast member in the TV series "Empire," attends the Fox Networks Group 2018 programming presentation afterparty in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Jussie Smollett charged with felony in attack hoax

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, arrives to interview Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos, wife of former Donald Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos at a closed-door meeting with Democrats on the House intelligence committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Adam Schiff deletes tweet praising Jussie Smollett

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 20, 2016 file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the &quot;Empire&quot; FYC Event in Los Angeles. Chicago police said Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, they're still seeking a follow-up interview with Smollett after receiving new information that &quot;shifted&quot; their investigation of a reported attack on the &quot;Empire&quot; actor. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Jussie Smollett now a suspect, police official says

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2017 file photo, Jussie Smollett participates in the &quot;Empire&quot; panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Chicago's top prosecutor has recused herself from the investigation into the attack reported by Smollett. Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx offered few specifics when announcing she was stepping back Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Jussie Smollett lawyers meet with Chicago police, prosecutors

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

Jussie Smollett participates in the "Empire" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, Aug. 8, 2017. Smollett, an actor on the TV series "Empire," is also an R&B musician who performed Saturday night, Feb. 2, 2019, at a concert in Los Angeles. Smollett, who is openly gay, says two masked men attacked him early Tuesday in Chicago in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Jussie Smollett lauded by 20th Century Fox TV as ‘consummate professional on set’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 20, 2016 file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the &quot;Empire&quot; FYC Event in Los Angeles. Chicago police said Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, they're still seeking a follow-up interview with Smollett after receiving new information that &quot;shifted&quot; their investigation of a reported attack on the &quot;Empire&quot; actor. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

The Latest: Smollett’s lawyers vow ‘aggressive defense’

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In this Monday, May 14, 2018, file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the Fox Networks Group 2018 programming presentation after party at Wollman Rink in Central Park in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Key moments since Jussie Smollett reported Chicago attack

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FILE - In this May 20, 2016 file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the &quot;Empire&quot; FYC Event in Los Angeles. Chicago police said Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, they're still seeking a follow-up interview with Smollett after receiving new information that &quot;shifted&quot; their investigation of a reported attack on the &quot;Empire&quot; actor. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

‘Empire’ actor charged with making false police report

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 20, 2016 file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the &quot;Empire&quot; FYC Event in Los Angeles. Chicago police said Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, they're still seeking a follow-up interview with Smollett after receiving new information that &quot;shifted&quot; their investigation of a reported attack on the &quot;Empire&quot; actor. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Police dismiss tip Smollett, 2 brothers together in elevator

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listen as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s. (Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP)

Jussie Smollett apparent hoax burns Democrats Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, media

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Cardi B arrives at the 61st annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Jussie Smollett ‘f—-ed up Black History Month,’ Cardi B says in Instagram video

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks with reporters to a Democratic Caucus meeting the morning after President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The left is openly cheering for the demise of America

By Joseph Curl

Jussie Smollett, a cast member on "Empire," said he was attacked by two men in Chicago last month. However, holes are emerging in his story and it brings to mind stories of hoaxes that dominated the news cycle since President Trump was elected. (Associated Press Photographs)

Nigerian brothers in Jussie Smollett case meet with police, prosecutors at courthouse

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FILE - In this May 20, 2016 file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the &quot;Empire&quot; FYC Event in Los Angeles. Chicago police said Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, they're still seeking a follow-up interview with Smollett after receiving new information that &quot;shifted&quot; their investigation of a reported attack on the &quot;Empire&quot; actor. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

The Latest: Smollett gave false information in 2007 case

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FILE - In this May 20, 2016 file photo, Jussie Smollett attends the &quot;Empire&quot; FYC Event in Los Angeles. On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, Smollett debuted a music video for &quot;F.U.W.&quot;, a song about injustice which he wrote and performs, on his YouTube page. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Jussie Smollett was convicted of providing false information to law enforcement in 2007

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 20, 2016 file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the &quot;Empire&quot; FYC Event in Los Angeles. Chicago police said Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, they're still seeking a follow-up interview with Smollett after receiving new information that &quot;shifted&quot; their investigation of a reported attack on the &quot;Empire&quot; actor. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Jussie Smollett rode elevator with Nigerian brothers night of alleged attack, tipster tells police

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

In this Monday, May 14, 2018, file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the Fox Networks Group 2018 programming presentation after party at Wollman Rink in Central Park in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Jussie Smollett: Feds probe actor’s role in threatening letter

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Monday, May 14, 2018, file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the Fox Networks Group 2018 programming presentation after party at Wollman Rink in Central Park in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Key moments since Jussie Smollett reported Chicago attack

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