Prosecutor Details How Smollett Investigation Unfolded | NBC News

From pulverized ibuprofen to Uber records and surveillance video, prosecutor Risa Lanier offers a near hour-by-hour account of how the investigation around Jussie Smollett ultimately led to charges against the actor.
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Prosecutor Details How Smollett Investigation Unfolded | NBC News

[@ShonuffDaMasta]

My dad was right. Real life is more interesting than fiction.

[@Junkdrunk247]

"SHO NUFF"

[@bryanspain8538]

This is fiction.

[@TheGeoDaddy]

Hmmm… why aren’t the Mefia Apparatchiks covering the trial??? Another example of the Talking Heads acting as Prosecutor, Judge and Jury… until the FACTS come in and Playing the Race Card for the the Democrat Party exposes their propaganda… no reason to cover the trial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWfWaoGgqd6onpY

[@TheLittleColumbus]

Better than an episode of Empire

[@USA92]

You actually watched one of those?

[@normadicn5700]

I swear. I haven't watched it but see my friends watching it.

[@kekedream]

I know! that show was always boring and ridiculous and had so many caricatures of black people 🙄 I'm black and I never watched it 🤦🏽‍♀

[@locadisa]

@@kekedream It was great during the first couple of seasons and then the viewer ship suffered. I wonder if Lee Daniels told Jussie to find his way into the current headlines?

[@beanielou8148]

Anything is better than an episode of Empire. I hadn’t ever watched it but because of this whole thing, I watched some clips of the show on YT. Omg, most horrendously bad acting I’ve ever ever seen. Like truly cringe

[@Genoda]

He wrote them a check? What a bonehead.

[@TaRonThomasTv]

Took the words right outta my mouth. Everyone knows, if you’re doing anything underhanded. Never leave a paper trail. Smdh

[@TKMcEachin]

Gene Daoust 😂

[@dexterskepple9779]

Jesus

[@LucaSitan]

Jeeez... I hope Smolett never plans a murder

[@tiffanypryor13]

Ha ha ha ha they told every single Speck of detail play by play on what happened. This is amazing

[@terencehennegan1439]

Very professional delivery by this lady. Excellent work.

[@alestbest]

yes, there is a lot of background noise and yet she is easy to understand. Even for me who doesn't understand English well.

[@sarahmurphy8030]

Smollett need to go to prison for this fake attack. 😤 round of applause for the guilty verdict 👏👏👏👏👏

[@datraucous3351]

Customer service rep: Ski mask, gloves, MAGA hats, and rope? Hmm what are you guys up too. 🤔😂😂😂

[@Littleathquakes]

d haze1215 weren’t even real maga hats. just plain red caps. he was cheap lol

[@The12Believe]

ROTF_LMAO 😅🤣😂👍💜

[@lorimeadows3995]

Lol

[@yehheapsmadaybut]

Two black guys buying MAGA hats and tools for crimes. Hmmm I definitely won't forget this one if I see something on the news

[@DavidBagga]

Jeez this breakdown is more fascinating than an episode of law and order. Why would someone making $1-2M on a great tv show do this? Unreal 🙈

[@cerebrumexcrement]

because they wouldn’t. the only evidence the police have are the brothers’ words and they think if they pander to Trump supporters, this will fix their reputation.

[@josephlocantore2038]

David Bagga - The MILLENNIAL Sales Recruiter IF YOU THINK THIS SHOW IS GREAT , YOU'RE MORE DELUSIONAL THEN SMOLLETT.

[@fangirl2744]

And he still denies it. Too much detailed info for the police to be lying.

[@skylab14]

Dang.... After hearing all that, JS's attorneys aren't even going to need to file for discovery. ... Fascinating summary. Well done.

[@peachybee3883]

Great job Chicago PD !

[@amrose4214]

Wow listening to her lay out the text messages and how it was set up.

[@NadouLove7]

Wow she show no mercy!😲

[@sunnylilme]

The tragic thing..this hurts every real victim.

[@tomjohnson3106]

It's a slam dunk case for the prosecution, if Jussie was smart he should plead guilty, but I don't think he will

[@beanielou8148]

Doubt it, he has too much pride to admit he’s a massive liar 🤥

[@cerebrumexcrement]

he won’t because he’s innocent.

[@MrWhiskers]

Something's off if it was a slam dunk case why are they releasing info like this? Why r they so focused to influence the public's opinion before the trial?

[@ninacal06]

@@cerebrumexcrement I understand why your name is poop brain. Makes sense.

[@MegaPHX602AZ]

"What A Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice To Deceive".

[@whitney9253]

I knew something wasn't right with his story from the beginning

[@pg2300]

“Crushed Ibuprofen Tablets.” Hahahahahahahaha

[@justme0652]

Thank you NBC for reporting REAL NEWS.

[@frankvillegas9308]

Put him in prison with the Aryan Brotherhood then he'll really know what a real beating is

[@HouseofRUACH]

Oh wow! You can’t deny all that evidence. No way.

[@freesmoke1995]

They should charge him for mail fraud for sending a powder thru the post

[@truvak]

@Deelyte007 they will, it appears that that incident is part of another set of chargers at federal level, involving the powder and even terrorism charges because of said powder.

[@latesguy66]

He better hope Johnny Cochran resurrects from the grave. "If the noose doesn't fit, you must acquit!"

[@keithjobs9129]

Lol

[@kaycartledge4542]

Best one so far🤣😂🤣

[@IOWAHAWKEYES2020]

Put him in prison

[@yehheapsmadaybut]

He left the rope on the whole time 😂

[@nomad-81-25]

Guilty

[@tarekadam9652]

This is crazy. I've never seen so much information broadcast by cops before any trial or due process.

[@sedatedturtle]

"slam dunk" i believe, both for stupidity & criminality!!!!

[@davidhancock7670]

He caused a lot of unnecessary police activity and cost them a lot of money .....he needs to go to jail without trial .... cameras don't lie

[@tarekadam9652]

@@davidhancock7670 Right ... no trial. Heil freedom.

[@I_am_milan]

Exactly.

[@TheJamesroy3]

It’s intense! But It’s a counter blow to Jussie’s GMA interview & attempt to smear the CPD- The Prosecution is presenting the same evidence they would to a jury

[@смиренный-х2б]

No matter how set or not set a black person is they always find someway of still going to prison.

[@ericd.8054]

He's not black, he light-skinned.

[@смиренный-х2б]

@@ericd.8054 He has black in him. Also for another quick note, I wasn't talking about him. I was talking about the whole race. Furthermore I have a mixed son as well in case anyone wants to pull the race card.

[@freemandam1]

Well Jussie Smollett career is OVER!!!!

[@carlmiller9927]

Not yet, he will be on dancing with the Stars, lose ,and we will not hear his name again until he commit suicide.

[@CarlDillynson]

12:18 "Dark-Skinned Male Blacks." Idk why but the way she said that made me laugh.

[@michaeldelgado7920]

Talk about getting "busted" smh.

[@asiakym]

I knew he was lying. His body language during the interview and how angry he got at the interviewer for asking simple and reasonable questions, getting aggressive with her as a tactic to get her to back off, I was almost sure he was lying. Sucks too because I always liked his character on Empire and he seemed like such a nice dude, but obviously, he's super narcissistic, passive aggressive and just pitiful. It's too bad that he trivialized the discrimination that some people truly face but now everyone is going to think they are just making it up. Kinda funny how he thought he was a criminal mastermind but the whole thing made no sense. All tactics and no strategy SMH....

[@hahahaha147]

I knew he was lying when I first heard the story and I'm going to explain why. It was 15 degrees below that night. So there is zero chance that some random white supremacists would be waiting for him at 2am with the off chance he might be walking to Subway. What are the odds of that?

[@asiakym]

@@hahahaha147 Yeah, with temperatures like that, nobody's that crazy. And NOBODY would keep that noose around their neck for 30 minutes. Nobody...

[@noname-by3qz]

Now here are lots more details than any other video! Thanks for posting!

[@mexicanme2769]

Never watched the empire show but this is better today it took a year now I can wait to se more of this saga

[@rich2714]

he guilty 🤣🤣🤣

[@laceyb9147]

Hoooooonnneeeyyy (my lovelyti voice) chile😂

[@leiab365]

Lol they got a second by second breakdown what got me is the personal check he wrote dumb af

[@kekedream]

LovelyTi watcher here too! 😂

[@murielevans7651]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bambam8527]

Game, set, match.

[@tubernery]

Have to thank Jussie for inspiring that brilliant French episode of Justice for Juicy!

[@Christine-jz5nk]

Thank you Madame Prosecutor.

[@baruchben-david4196]

These guys really didn't know what they were doing. Write a check to pay for a crime?

[@Vid7872]

The Millennial trophy generation was taught to expect A's for D's and goals for penalties. Their off-the-charts self-esteem and bravado is dangerous sociopathy in adulthood.

[@bicycleetc9436]

What is Smollett's IQ?

[@TKMcEachin]

BiketripsETC-100

[@gbcolby]

He won’t spend a day in prison

[@gbcolby]

Deelyte007 yea ? Because the rich always get justice? Watch.

[@JCPatrick]

Good job Chicago PD.

[@bosslady3026]

Dam jamal😔

[@leonardgaines3054]

Wow, what a mess...for the love money...

[@bofasofa9399]

2:00 apparently molly is the street name for ecstasy now lmfaoooo

[@Chac500]

The funniest part is that he wore the rope around his neck all the way home and kept it on for the cops to see. Wouldn't it be instinct to take the rope off instead of wearing as if it was trendy

[@bluebayou4822]

LOL...Oh My Goodness...this is not going to end well.

[@rustyaxelrod]

Hmm. Aren’t details like these usually left for the trial?

[@Brian-my7hn]

nope. many high profile cases have this happen to it. just look it up. here: www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=prosecutor+details+crime just scroll through and see all the times it's done with a simply google search

[@jadeg1095]

Jussie deserves the Oscar this year. This is golden 🏆

[@JohnSmith86132]

Why aren't the brothers arrested? They are just as guilty as Jussie is

[@lovesucceed783]

They agree to testify plea deal....

[@JohnSmith86132]

@@lovesucceed783 I saw on ABC that there wasn't a plea deal for their statement

[@tarekadam9652]

It's not assault when there is consent. (boxing) The crime is the false report, and lying to police.

[@JohnSmith86132]

@@tarekadam9652 Who said anything about assault? They were complicit in the motive to fraud the police.

[@tarekadam9652]

@@JohnSmith86132 Where did you come up with that? All the actor had to do was tweet about it, and not file a false report.

[@SuperSydguy]

I’m pretty sure he wrote this plan in crayons

[@moman6952]

GOOD JOB!! COPS

[@locadisa]

Why do I keep thinking that Lee Daniels may have had something to do with this plan? Just a guess though.

[@mcca59]

did she just say INSTANTBUL TURKEY?!?!? oh haaaaayell naw.

[@mertman1]

How did he get off all of this...

[@Mr4one6]

Don't get me wrong I'm interested in knowing ALL of this. But shouldn't this be played out in court? The prosecution literally laid out their whole case at a press conference.

[@alestbest]

I think it did

[@lhisafans]

And despite all that incriminating stuff, he got off lightly the first time. The whole topic is sensitive and was settled the first time though. The System should not have pushed further beyond that in an attempt to try him again over the whole thing in an effort to find him guilty.

[@ceejay3813]

Yes they should have and good they did. He should not have the privilege to get away with what he did and throw the ones he hired under the bus, because his family knew people in high places and have money. Glad the brothers had their day in court and glad he was found guilty.

[@sarahmurphy8030]

Lhisa ..You can't be serious he planned the whole fake attack and letter. Maliciously lied repeatedly to police the public and on national tv. He is a dangerous sly narcissist. He would have let two innocent white men go to prison if they had been in the vacinity of the fake attack. Justice has been done and Jussy has shown the world what a conniving malicious person he really is.

[@lhisafans]

@@sarahmurphy8030 😟😥😞😢

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Dammmmmmm He is seriously lucky that they like him because if they didn't -- boy oh boy. At this point they're just going through the motions doing their job. If dude attempts to wage a defense I think it might get worse. Don't expect the feds to be so kind.

[@marciaedwards993]

Guilty!

[@ReneeR877]

Who the f did he paid to draw that letter I could have done better

[@tarekadam9652]

Is this a promo for Fox or Empire?

[@USA92]

No. The Cities criminal justice system recently under fire.

[@USA92]

@Helen Kistler Your rather repetitive aren't you. At least 2 stupids in one day. Can I hire you to entertain donkeys?

[@normadicn5700]

@Helen Kistler lol. It's a way of showing we aren't this bad yet. We are still cops. The Smollet guy is finished.

[@cerebrumexcrement]

it’s promo for Chicago Police Department. they have a bad reputation and they think pandering to Trump supporters will fix their reputation.

[@tarekadam9652]

@@cerebrumexcrement That's the first logical thing anyone has said about this.

[@barbarafischbach8480]

I don’t think we can say the brothers were completely innocent. They had to know it was wrong to stage the phony attack. What if they said “No way” when JS first contacted him for their help “on the low.” Would this still have happened? Maybe JS would have reconsidered doing something so bone headed.

[@eh-i1841]

Maybe they were scared they’d lose their work,on the show.They may have thought Smollett had influence in castng.

[@jerrm4]

I’m confused, if someone asked me to stage a hate crime. I would say no. The Brothers are his drug dealers . It’s obvious that he’s on drugs and not mentally stable so I blame all 3.

[@robk.5467]

???? "Mentally unstable" enough to plan an elaborate hate hoax, throw the bros under the bus and make himself out to be a hero on msm, all in the name of getting a raise.

[@freesmoke1995]

Yea but at least the brothers came clean, Jussie is still trying to say this was real

[@USA92]

Then you should text less and save humanity from, by your own comment, your stupidity.

[@kekedream]

Either the drugs addled his brains or he really is crazy 🤦🏽‍♀🙄

[@melindaramirez4456]

The check was probably for drugs... lol

[@USA92]

This is like PR for a city with a not so good reputation in law enforcement.

[@STUDENT-ch4ch]

Why didn't Jamal Lyon hire Annalisse Keating?

[@SwampGas703]

i say 3 years behind bars

[@Cam-ns1yi]

Hire an artist lol

[@VirgilDavis]

Should be a movie, might be better than Empire.

[@debra4365]

Well I hope that those two brothers are being charged because they know exactly what they were doing they were involved in the scam from the beginning and they took money for the scam even bought the products and the clothes to use in this ridiculous scam they need to be locked up

[@conbatengineer]

Blame all social Justice warriors who only go by emotions rather then evidence

[@patriciakirley5028]

*than

[@USA92]

A not too bright comment by a bot or person with a creepy name. You or it should text less.

[@conbatengineer]

@@USA92 ask your mom if im a bot

[@patsysadowski1546]

Jesus Christ Not like rational Trump supporters.

[@tisoy909]

This is MAGA country!

[@davidsoltau4177]

Moochele messes up big time

[@JoFrmDaGo]

I know her, she is one of my friends, Justin's mom

[@bobbydobbs6125]

When the demand for racism greater than supply.

[@samobama8076]

His new favorite saying in prison will be Can I Push Up Your Stool 😂

[@tarekadam9652]

With this lady chatting up a storm ~ I wonder how that actor will get a fair trial.

[@bingobiscuit5995]

Looks like a child drew those pictures that probably tipped them off

[@tonyperez2204]

the New OJ Trial lol

[@theanonymousone9668]

Smollette, girlllllllllll.....

[@carolineg.1609]

Its over. I wrote into Lester with issues. My Facebook lost links afterward. Any delay or lapse in time is inhumane.

[@michaelesutton7058]

Smollett is not a good creator, writer or director and this proves that he isn’t jack with a script and a real director. We, the black community have revoked his hood card and we have voted to trade his crazy azz for Adele.

[@carlyhall7821]

NBC Telling the truth ? Thank you !

[@hectorcolon2563]

They are watching everything you do...

[@blazegarcia5607]

If this was a TV show, I would have said casting a black woman as chief prosecutor is too much.

[@miamiwax5504]

And the L of the year goes to.....

[@russellgentrup5234]

CPD , EXCELLENT WORK

[@michellemarie2590]

😳😭😱🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Anthony-dl4wr]

The Best A Man Can Get Jussie Smollett.

[@rastawella1]

JUSSIE, .... NAWA FOR YOU O !!!!

[@GD-mn8sx]

Shoo

[@Baillum1]

They are trying him in public before the trial Sad

[@shebanipperschnackles9879]

Its called transparency dummie

[@jesusdaughter4299]

JS is bonafide CRAZY for this fiasco. He got off easy...the Judge should of tacked on an extra year for that dramatic outburst as he was taken to the CORRECTIONAL FACILITY!

[@hectorcolon2563]

Who keeps the receipt from buying rope?

[@24chataway]

impressive woman there

[@andremattsson6270]

SANDWICHES?

[@wesleyclark8586]

I wonder how much is that artwork going for

[@erth2man]

Chicago? MAGA country? That alone says it all.

[@averagejoe9249]

Dis es mega cuntree ⛑️