Dan Webb, the Cook County special prosecutor, also said an investigation didn't find evidence that warranted any criminal charges against State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx or her colleagues.
that his investigation had not uncovered evidence that warranted any criminal charges against State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx or her colleagues. But he faulted her office for a"major failure" over their shock decision in March 2019 to drop charges against Smollett.
The actor, who is black and gay, originally filed a police report in January 2019 claiming he had been attacked in the middle of the night by two men who yelled MAGA chants and anti-gay slurs, put a rope around his neck, and poured a chemical substance on him. Webb also said Foxx continued to communicate with Smollett's sister, Jurnee, through phone calls and text massages after learning that the actor was no longer being investigated as a victim, but rather as a suspect.
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