Hoaxers and their Media Fixers

The Strange Case of Jussie Smollett is just the latest and most infamous in a long string of anti-Trump hate crime hoaxes.

In the bitterly cold, early morning hours of January 29th, Fox television star Jussie Smollett claims he was brutally attacked on an empty Chicago street by two, Trump supporting thugs.
The black and openly gay actor says he was returning home from a 2am run to a sandwich shop when the masked culprits ambushed him shouting racist and homophobic slurs.  He claims his tormentors recognized him from his prime time, hip-hop soap opera, “Empire,” and proceeded to beat him, kick him, pour bleach on him, and hang a noose around his neck.  They allegedly capped their savage assault by wildly jeering, “This is MAGA country!”

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