charged with staging a raition attack against himself. claiming two trump supporters assaulted him on a chicago street. "washington post" global opinion editor said regarding the heinous attack on jussie smollett, the climate of hate means lives have been at stake since 2015. >> what just happened to jussie smollett is a hate crime. it's absurd. this isn't a debate. howie: when smollett was charged with an outrageous hoax, his supporters were resnraind their remarks. if jussie's story isn't true, he squandered the goodwill of a whole lot of people. he even lied to a lot of people