Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel stood shoulder-to-shoulder with his city's police force Tuesday afternoon, denouncing prosecutors for dropping charges against "Empire" star Jussie Smollett and slamming the episode as a "whitewash of justice." Meantime, First Assistant State's Attorney Joseph Magats told reporters he still believed Smollett filed a false police report. But Johnson made sure to add, unequivocally: "At the end of the day it was Smollett who committed this hoax." FOX 'GRATIFIED' BY DISMISSAL OF CHARGES AGAINST JUSSIE SMOLLETTJohnson told press in February of the case: "I'm left hanging my head and asking, 'Why?' The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham then alleged that Foxx had illegally interfered with the investigation into Smollett's alleged crime.

Source: Fox News March 26, 2019 17:10 UTC