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The police are asking the Attorney General to investigate Cook 's Lawyer Kimberly Foxx, who allegedly exchanged texts with Jussie Smollett' s family member to try to convince the FBI to lead the charge. investigation as it sees fit.
The Chicago state attorney, who tried to convince the FBI to resume the investigation of Jussie Smollett's attack at the request of his family, was targeted by police who intervened in the investigated and texted Smollett's family about it.
The union representing police in Chicago is asking General Counsel Kim Foxx to face an investigation by the Attorney General for his handling of the investigation.
Among their concerns are SMS messages exchanged between Foxx's parents and Smollett.
One of them, written by a member of Smollett's family after Foxx told them that she was trying to convince the police to hand over the probe, is particularly disturbing.
Smollett's parent, who was not identified when the texts were made public earlier this month via arrest, responded: "It would be a huge win" when Foxx said she "tried" to get it back.
In her letter to the Attorney General obtained by the CWB, the union asks who she was working for and why it would have been a "victory".
& # 39; Victory of what? For who? Why & # 39; union president Kevin Graham asked.
The union says that recusing the probe once Smollett has been charged is not enough.
The Smollett family sought the help of former Obama advisor, Tina Tchen (seen above with the couple at the White House) to try to make sure that the investigation be taken over by the FBI. Chen contacted Foxx and then facilitated a relationship between herself and a member of Smollett's family.
He continued: "In order for Ms. Foxx to properly charge and judge this case, her entire office should have recused herself and a special prosecutor had been appointed."
Their concern is to know in what interests she was working when she, after being contacted by Michelle Obama's former badistant, Tina Chen, attempted to steer the investigation into the desired direction by the Smollett family.
On January 29, Smollett claimed that he was badaulted in front of his apartment in Chicago by two men who described him as offensive, racist and homophobic, and then fled.
He stated in his first report that he did not know what they looked like. In his second, he said that one was white.
The incident was quickly made public, Smollett garnered sympathy, and the Chicago Police Department said it was working hard to find the attackers.
But behind the scenes, his family had enlisted lawyer Tina Chen.
Smollett's family members stated that they had "concerns" about the Chicago police investigation of the incident that took place on February 1, because of the large number of details communicated to the press. Her family told Foxx that it would be a "big win" if she could get the FBI to take charge. The FBI generally discloses less information than any local law enforcement agency.
They were "concerned" by the details of the incident and Smollett reports to the leaked investigators and stated that they wanted the FBI to handle the incident. case.
Chen, who is Michelle Obama's chief of staff, contacted Foxx.
"I wanted to call you on behalf of Jussie Smollett and her family, whom I know. They have concerns about the investigation, "she said in her first text, obtained by the Chicago Sun Tribune.
A few hours later, Foxx received a text from a member of Smollett's family.
Over the next two weeks, she tried to hand over the case to the FBI.
& # 39; spoken to the superintendent earlier. He will make the request. Try to understand the logistics. I will keep you informed, "she said in a text on 13 February.
At that time, Smollett's cooperation with the investigation had been questioned, but Smollett was still officially treated as a victim.
The parent replied, "OMG, it would be a huge victory."
Brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo told the police that Smollett had paid them not only to train him in a sporting manner, but also to attack him in a false hate crime. He was charged with a crime at the end of February. Foxx is challenged a week earlier
Foxx replied, "I give no guarantee but I try."
Later in the day, she sent an email to Chen saying, "I talked to Superintendent Johnson. I convinced him to contact the FBI to ask him to take charge of the investigation. He reaches out now and will contact me soon. & # 39;
The police department says that Smollett only became a suspect when brothers Abel and Ola Osudairo were immobilized at the airport on February 20.
However, Foxx withdrew from the probe a week earlier, after his text conversation with his parent and Chen.
In an e – mail addressed to his supervisors, his ethics officer informed them of his challenge, but this announcement was not announced until 19 February.
On February 20, the Foxx office informed DailyMail.com that she had retired because of her interaction with Smollett's relatives, but that they would not give any other information.
Smollett was arrested on February 21st.
The investigation was entrusted to the first badistant Joseph Magats and his staff.
In their first court appearances, prosecutors made the unusual decision to release the entire bond offer for Smollett, which revealed their case, largely exposing the evidence presented by the court. State against him.
Smollett's lawyers have since said that the prosecutor "trampled" on his presumption of innocence.
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