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NEW: election fraud lawsuit was filed in Detroit with affidavits alleging backdating ballots, no matching signatures. It includes an affidavit from a city employee claiming she was asked to backdate ballots:
The scene at Detroit’s absentee ballot counting center is growing more heated. The windows now being covered up. Allegations of violations. Sec. of State says she welcomes challenges.
Chicago police detective tells
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“We have a lot more evidence than we told the media about and we were fully prepared to go to trial. We’re very angry this happened.”
#JussieSmollett
Smollett special prosecutor says it’s referring Kim Foxx and attorneys to Illinois Attorney registration - for potential ethics violations by making false and misleading statements in Smollett case.
Breaking: Smollett reacting in court right now. "I DID NOT DO THIS. I'm not suicidal. If anything happens to me when I go in there, you must all know that. Jail time, I am not suicidal."
"He’s dumb enough to go into Obama’s city and pretend there’s Trump supporters running around with Maga hats? Give me a break." -- Smollett defense attorney tells jury in closing arguments
Smollett interrupts special prosecutor Dan Webb as Webb was reading aloud one of Smollett's messages that had N word in it.
Smollett: can you spell or say the N word out of respect for every African American in this room? you've been saying that word a lot.
“Nobody is in trouble...”
@FoxNews
obtained this internal e-mail from Kim Foxx’s office asking workers for any example to bolster stance that
#JussieSmollett
dropped charges aren’t as uncommon & shocking as they appear.
I can’t wipe the smile off my face. *33 border dogs were rescued today. Big Dog Ranch Rescue traveled from Florida to Eagle Pass, Texas and saved them!
Smollett testified during investigation he got a text from Don Lemon — saying CPD didn’t believe him
(smollett talking fast here before an objection. Not verbatim.)
Fox News has learned this afternoon police chiefs from around the Chicago region will announce ‘No Confidence’ in State’s Attorney Kim Foxx for her handling of
#JussieSmollett
case and what PD says is a history of being anti-police.
All media who are attending the area, please keep a distance and stay out of police operations for your safety. Anyone found within areas undergoing enforcement may be subject to arrest. There will be a media availability later today at 474 Elgin Street.
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Chicago Police source tells Fox:
‘Moral is really bad against the mayor right now. When she came out after the shooting she said she wanted to go after the person who put the gun in the hands of Toledo. Then all of a sudden she comes out today and throws department under the bus’
Today ended up being my last day on the job in Chicago. (Breaking news aside, of course.) I’m very blessed to have lived and worked in this beautiful city for 5 years. So grateful to continue working for
@FoxNews
as an L.A. based correspondent!
A judge ordered Minneapolis city council & mayor must hire MORE police. Siding with residents who say their lives have been damaged by severe lack of police. De-fund & re-imagine is not working.
Some of the windows remain blocked off. I asked a few people who taped them up and why, no clear answer. A few poll challengers / workers tell us they feel there wasn’t a fair number of repubs and dems in this room. Sec of State’s office gave us this reponse:
Just want to point out I just took an Uber from home to court for Smollett — and as the pleasant driver dropped me off, she said do you believe nothing is a coincidence? Then showed me her debit card with the last name Osundairo and told me she’s the Osundairo brother’s mother.
Unbelievable. A Border Patrol agent in Sunland Park, NM just told us a mountain in the United States is ‘not ours’ anymore. ‘It’s theirs.’ Referring to Cartels. We literally spent five minutes on Mt. Cristo Rey and a group of illegals breezed by.
This morning actor Jussie Smollett is set to walk back into the same criminal court that he walked out last year when his charges were shockingly dropped by Kim Foxx’s office. Today, six new felony charges of lying to PD.
Breaking: Kim Foxx’s chief ethics officer April Perry has resigned. Foxx heavily cited Perry as the person who instructed her to “recuse” herself from
#JussieSmollett
case.
Breaking: multiple law enforcement sources tells FNC an 11-year-old black boy was a part of the group that viciously beat 70-yo Asian woman in SF this week.
New: Smollett special prosecutor’s full report is out. In summary, OSP concluded evidence shows Kim Foxx’s office engaged in “substantial abuses” of discretion and operational failures in prosecuting and resolving the Initial Smollett Case. Here are its 5 final conclusions:
At 2 am this morning, I visited the border outside of Yuma, Arizona where thousands of migrants are crossing the border each week. You have to see it with your own eyes.
#Kennedy24
A huge change in procedure in Eagle Pass. Texas is now immediately arresting migrants if they cross the razor wire in Shelby Park. For years, migrants could walk right in, be processed by Border Patrol and released.
New:
#JussieSmollett
could be re-charged with the 16 felony counts or more — and Kim Foxx’s decisions will be now probed. Chicago judge just ruled a special prosecutor will investigate the entire case from the start.
Chicago police source tells Fox:
‘So yea this was tragic all the way around but at the end of the day the officer had an 1/8 of one second to make a decision- the powers to be in this city talk s*** all day long but look at the violence involving juveniles here’
NEW: police responded to Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx’s home last weekend. Foxx’s husband told police she became physical and slapped him in face
Smollett special prosecutor filed motion to have his full report made public. I’m told it might contain politically damaging material about how Kim Foxx’s office is run. Hearing Monday in front of Judge Toomin.
While inside the absentee ballot counting in Detroit, Fox News begin obtaining these images appearing to show the whistleblower’s hand written notes documenting alleged misconduct. Her claims are now part of a sworn affidavit - subject to perjury.
More from Jessy Jacob affidavit claiming she was instructed to improperly pre-date absentee ballots and not to look at signatures. I’ve reached out to Detroit and Sec. of State for response.
I am sincerely praying for
@BenjaminHallFNC
and his family. Wounded on the ground in Ukraine. Send prayers and good energy to him and all of our crews.
Exclusive: first up-close look at Texas’ new wire fence and barrier going up in El Paso. Miles of it. Similar to the effective ‘wall’ in Shelby Park, Eagle Pass.
Breaking: Detroit judge says he will make a decision Friday in the Detroit voter fraud lawsuit which is asking:
•Detroit vote certification stop
•voting audit
•preserve evidence
NEW Smollett video very much appears to place the actor (white sweater) and the Osundairo brothers (hoodies) at the scene of the “attack.” And- appears to clearly show one brother in red-brimmed hat, which PD notes & surveillance indicates was purchased for the alleged hoax.
Guys, five dogs in total were rescued this week from living under a bridge with ticks, injuries and not a lot of food. The National Guard was so good to them, but now they’re getting vet care and hopefully homes. Gonna provide a better update soon. God bless you all. 🙏🏽
Exclusive: two men tried to climb through one of the many holes in our border wall. They turned around when they saw us and screamed ‘let us cross. Why are you so racist?’ Outside Sunland Park, NM.
BREAKING: Here’s the moment Chicago Police apparently walked into Jussie Smollett’s apartment for the first time after the alleged attack. You’ll see the rope and Smollett in a patterned shirt. More to come.
Smollett just denied under oath any of the planning with the Osundairo brothers. Tells Dan Webb he didn't tell them to use slurs, didn't tell them to buy red hats, didn't do a dry run.
This could be Donald J. Trumps’ last rally ever seeking re-election or election for President. The same place he held his final rally before 2016 — Grand Rapids, Michigan.
From the start multiple Chicago sources from the city and LE told
@FoxNews
that
#JussieSmollett
story was a “hoax” and “scripted.” A CPD source says now Police will continue to question Smollett to see if he’ll admit to any lies.
Minneapolis police say the brutal beating videos do not qualify as hate crimes because the victims were not targeted for their race/class but because they were impaired or compromised.
New razor wire going on top of cargo containers blocking border along Rio Grande. This appears to be the most noticeable bolstering of the border in this area in recent memory. Eagle Pass, TX.
My rental car now has four girls leaning on it. I just watched two men on a raft dump these girls onto US soil, then take off down river. Eldest girl tells me the men were not family. Have to see to believe.