Former Obama adviser slams "a bizarre turn" in the Smollett case, calling it a "total headache"

A former Barack Obama adviser criticized the "strange turning point" in the Jussie Smollett case, calling it a "total headache" after all charges were dropped against the actor.

David Axelrod, 64, said that "someone was not telling the truth" and that Chicago had paid the price in a series of tweets condemning Tuesday's decision.

The former president's campaign brain described the decision as "scandalous" when he asked why the 36-year-old actor of the Empire had been authorized to "be paid $ 10,000 and have his records and records erased".

Axelrod tweeted: "Unless better explanations appear, here's the lesson of this strange trick in the Smollett case:

"You can invent a hate-motivated crime, make it a national novel, get caught, and if you're a well-connected celebrity, get lost for $ 10,000 and have your file erased and sealed.

The prosecutor who decided to drop the charges against Smollett admitted Tuesday that he did not believe the star is innocent but claimed that he had abandoned the case, the actor did not Having no criminal record.

But first badistant lawyer, Joe Magats, insisted that state attorney, Kimberly Foxx, had withdrawn from the record because she had exchanged SMS with a member of Smollett's family in the days following the incident, had no impact on his decision.

Foxx is accused of attempting to take them into the hands of the Chicago police and to have the FBI take over at the request of Smollett's family friend, Tina Tchen. , the former chief of staff of Michelle Obama.

Axelrod added: "The brief statement of the prosecutor does not dispute the basic facts of the initial charge, which is why he was forced to sacrifice his link, they simply said that in the light of his work volunteer in the community, it was a just resolution.

"Hate crimes are disgusting. Imitating them is insidious and should not be excused. Despite Smollett's denials, the prosecutor did not say anything by dismissing the case. If prosecutors have evidence that contradicts the indictment they presented, they should share them today. & # 39;

She intervened after a lively press conference by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson, who described it as "money laundering" and said that Smollett "s rightly was left "unscrupulous" because he was famous.

Smollett was indicted for 16 criminal charges that were handed down by a grand jury. He was facing 48 years in prison for allegedly lied to the police about the attack.

There is no doubt that the brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo attacked him, but so far no motive other than what Smollett asked them to pay them did not appear to them.

There remains the question of why the prosecutors who boasted about their testimony against him suddenly gave up the case.

In his statement on Tuesday, Smollett gave no further explanation to the attack – that his personal trainers inflicted on him – but said he had always told the truth, claiming that he did not recognize them when they had jumped on him.