[VIDEO] As you know the case was tried last week and the actor Smollett who is well known for his role on the FOX TV series Empire was convicted in a Cook County court. Michael Franzese is formerly a made member of the Columbo crime family out of New York City who advises Smollett that he just needs to be honest and fess up. Show some contrition if this is really a hoax, there is no need to double down.
As a bonus I'm linking to a Liberal Hivemind vid about a juror in this case. I may have heard some comments from this juror on the radio recently and it sounds as if he and a lot of people on that jury just didn't buy that he was a victim of a hate crime in the wee hours of the morning near downtown Chicago on a frigid winter day