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| first there was the preferential treatment, then there was the cover-up which continues to today |
In her campaign kickoff ad, Foxx acknowledged the case of actor Jussie Smollett could’ve been handled better. But she says she was talking about informing the public, not necessarily the specifics of the case.
While Kim Foxx again acknowledged she didn’t handle the Jussie Smollett case well, she stressed Friday that her mistakes had more to do with not informing the public with the ins-and-outs of her office, not the investigation itself.
“Though we treated it the way we treated thousands of other cases, what I realized is that I did not handle well informing the public of how and why we do what we do, in particular in this case,” the top
Cook County prosecutor told the Chicago-Sun Times. “And I own that. I should’ve done better at that. It didn’t meet the standards that we set for ourselves at the office.”
In her campaign kickoff ad released earlier this week, Foxx acknowledged the former “Empire” actor’s case could have been handled better.
“Truth is, I didn’t handle it well. I own that,” Foxx said of the investigation in her two-minute digital ad. “I’m making changes in my office to make sure we do better. That’s what reform is about.”
Smollett was accused of making a false report to Chicago police and was indicted in March on 16 counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly lying about being attacked in a hate crime. Weeks later, the state’s attorney’s office abruptly dropped the charges, sparking outrage as well as confusion.
Smollett insists he’s innocent. The city has sued him, seeking to recover $130,106 for the investigation it conducted after Smollett made his allegedly false claim. This week, Smollett’s attorneys filed a two-count counterclaim.
In a brief phone interview with the Sun-Times, Foxx focused on her first-term achievements. The state’s attorney’s office is “fundamentally changing how we use out criminal justice resources to keep our community safe,” she said.
She said more gun cases have been prosecuted “year over year since when I came into office,” and the reputation of the office, and the county, has changed from being the false confession capital of the country to one that now leads the country in vacating wrongful convictions. Foxx added that 80 men and women have had their convictions vacated since she became state’s attorney.
Foxx said she’s also proud of the work her office has done on the legalization of marijuana, and beating back the National Rifle Association on the county’s assault weapon ban.
And, she got her former boss, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot to agree on something — both back her re-election effort.
The state’s attorney currently faces two challengers in the Democratic primary — former prosecutor Donna More, who ran for the seat in 2016, and Bill Conway, a former prosecutor and a U.S. Navy intelligence officer.
Former 2nd Ward Ald. Bob Fioretti plans to jump into the race, too, citing community support and the belief that a state’s attorney “can’t be effective if you’re at war with the police.”
Foxx doesn’t seem too worried about the competition, citing “the benefit of having run for office before, full of ideas and things I wanted to accomplish,” compared to “now being an elected leader ... able to have a record to run on.”
“I’m not just about talking about criminal justice reform — I’m doing it,” Foxx said.
For her, the election is about choices and touting a record of achievements that drown out the mishandling of one case.
“What I will say locally is that we have a choice to make,” Foxx said. “We could talk about one case, even though we know it’s not about one case, it’s about moving forward with criminal justice reform and public safety — or clinging to those things that gave this county a reputation for injustice and unfairness, and so I’m going to push us forward. I’m going to reject the notion that one case will convince voters that we’re not on the right path and we have a record to support that.”
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ReplyDeleteSure, she could have told the public she was ambitious and thinking being nudged by Michelle Obama's intermediary to drop the case would have some future political considerations and exposure. She could have told us she had a chance to hang out with Kamala Harris (big elfin deal), or attend the Academy Awards and showcase those horse teeth on the red carpet. Or she could have just fessed up and said that she, along with states attorneys in Philadelphia and Baltimore received huge chunks of cash from leftist billionaire George Soros in order to turn the legal system upside down and release criminal havoc on the taxpayers that pay her salary. Screw her, and all the lefties that continue to lie to us.
ReplyDeleteVery well structured answer to the leftist lies. It's time responsible members of the black community call her out and lay the framework to get rid of her incompetent and crooked ass. Her office indicts the criminal on 16 felonies, then amazingly, they disappear? Does she and her handlers think we are that dumb? Yes, they do.
DeleteWe now know Lightfoot has endorsed Foxx, it will be interesting to see who the Alderman support.
ReplyDeleteOn a different subject, I would like to know under what administration was Lightfoot made a federal prosecutor? Is she another Soros minion? Was she installed as a federal prosecutor to build her resume and eventually become the Manchurian mayoral candidate? Lightfoot endoring Foxx doesn't make sense if she truly is against political corruption. However, Lightfoots criticism of Burke and the old real Democratic guard is quit evident. I have asked myself many times over, am I witnessing the socialist Soros supposed Dems taking over the city 1 election at a time ? Prekwinkle, Foxx, now Lightfoot. In my opinion the city we grew up in and loved is sinking into the socialist abyss. Whats equally disturbing is every Democratic elected official (Alderman & Committeeman) in this city is complacent as long as they can keep feeding at the troth.
Everything you said was spot on until you alleged she was aligned with "Soros," then you devolve even further when you say she was installed as a Fed to become some sort of Manchurian Mayoral Candidate. That's tinfoil hat stuff.
ReplyDeleteShe sucks. Fox sucks. If you want to see Fox gone, you've got to rally people to get behind one person, whether its Conway or More, then encourage the other to drop out.
In the case of Lightfoot, we have a year to find a good candidate. Hopefully, a young fellow from the neighborhood enters again. Then make sure Stacy Davis Gates from CTU runs, and boom, we have the Mayor we should have had this last time around.
Chicago has a long history of behind the scenes political mischief, so tinfoil hat stuff has been birthed here before. Let's take Obama for instance, I guess you believe his career was based on qualifications and philosophy, LOL, he is and was the Manchurian president who was and still is hell bent on destroying this country. Lightfoot will run for president, you heard it here first.
DeleteConway could win, unlike More and Fioretti.
ReplyDeleteFoxx is financed by Alleged Slumlord Elzie Higginbotham.
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