Trump qualifies star of the Empire, Jussie Smollett, as a third-class actor

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President Donald Trump attacks again at the actor "Empire" Jussie Smollett.

At a campaign conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Saturday, Mr. Trump described the "Smollett case" case as "shameful for our country" after calling the country of MAGA "of" greatest theme of the history of politics ".

"I did not hear that term until this third-class actor in Chicago came out and he said," I was beaten by the MAGA country. "Can you believe?" Trump said the crowd booed.

Smollett claimed that two men had shouted "This is the country of MAGA" at the end of January during an alleged racial and homophobic attack.

Trump continued, "It turned out to be a total lie."

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In late March, Chicago prosecutors suddenly dropped the charge of 16 counts against Smollett, whom they had charged with disorderly conduct and accused of filing a lawsuit. false police report on his alleged attack of 31 January.

The decision immediately drew criticism from Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who described the move as "money laundering".

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US President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd of supporters at a Make America Great Again gathering on April 27, 2019 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo: Darren Hauck, Getty Images)

The Commander-in-Chief continued to criticize Smollett, calling him "an actor whom no one has ever heard of" earlier this month at the National Republican Congress Committee.

Trump's remarks at his campaign stop coincided with this year's The White House Correspondents Dinner, which marked the President for the third time, missed the event by celebrating the history of journalism and the First Amendment.