to these alleged perpetrators that state jussie played a role in his own attack. nothing is further from the truth and anyone claiming otherwise is lying. as a group of detectives continue to work the case, chicago police did confirm to us that information received from the brothers has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation. adding they have reached out to the actor s attorney to request a follow-up interview. they would not comment if they consider the actor a victim at this point. claims that jussie smollett may have orchestrated the attack has democratic presidential hopefuls facing questions. many appeared to respond remember what cory booker said last week on the senate floor? less than two weeks ago an actor or activist was brutally attacked in chicago. two men yelling racial homophobic epithets.
in a statement to cnn saturday night smollett s attorneys wrote in part, as the victim of a hate crime who is cooperating with the police investigation, jussie smollett is angered and devastated by the recent reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with. he has now been further victimized by claims attributed to these alleged perpetrators that say jussie played a role in his own attack. that s nothing further from the truth. anyone claiming otherwise is lying. as a group of detectives continues to work the case, chicago police did confirm to us the information received from the brothers has, in fact, shifted the trajectory of the investigation adding that they have reached out to the actor s attorney to request a follow-up interview. it would not comment if they still considered the actor a victim at this point. brian young, cnn, chicago. ahead on cnn newsroom, severe winter weather is barrelling down on millions of americans and threatening to create treacherous
chicago police did confirm to us that information received from the brothers has, in fact, shifted the trajectory of the investigation, adding they have reached out to the actor s attorney to request a follow-up interview. they would not comment if they still consider the actor a victim at this point. ryan, thank you. claims that jussie smollett may have orchestrated this attack somehow have democratic presidential hopefuls thinking before speaking. cory booker said this last week on the senate floor. less than two weeks ago, an actor and activist was brutally attacked in chicago. two men yelling racial homophobic on sunday, though, senator booker more retrained. the information is still coming out and i will withhold
detectives have obtained and are examining the cell phones of the two brothers smollett paid to orchestrate the attack, and the source tells us the two men are now fully cooperating with law enforcement, and smollett s attorney said as a victim of a hate crime that cooperated with the police investigation, jussie smollett is angered and devastated by the reports that the perpetrators are individuals is familiar with. he now has been further victimized attributed to the alleged perpetrators saying jussie played a role in his own attack. as a group of detectives continue to work the case, chicago police did confirm information received from the brothers have shifted the trajectory to the investigation, and they have requested a follow-up interview and would not comment if they still consider the actor a victim at this point.
devastated by the recent reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with. he has now been further victimized by claims attributed to the alleged perpetrators that say just ae played a role in his own attack. nothing is further from the truth and anyone claiming otherwise is lying. as a group of detectives continue to work the case, chicago police did confirm to us that information received from the brothers has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation. atting they have reached out to the actor s attorney to request a follow-up interview. they would not comment if they still consider the actor a victim at this point. boris and christine? all right, ryan following up for us on those claims jussie smollettmy have orchestrated the attack some some democratic presidential hopefuls facing some questions. many were quick to respond when appeared the actor was the victim of a hate crime. cory booker said this on the senate floor. less than two weeks ago an