from the prosecution. and in closing arguments today special prosecutor dan webb presented the jury with six points he said destroyed smollett s correct. in short, the prosecution and police allege that smollett withheld critical evidence like cell phone data because he never wanted the alleged hoax to be solved. the prosecution also telling the jury that smollett mislead police about his attacker s i.d. he lied about tampering with that news and lied about the nature of his communication with osundairo brothers. the prosecution also alleging medical records corroborate the osundairo brothers testimony that they held back their punches. northwestern doctor testifying under oath that smollett had no known injuries. smollett s defense telling jussie had anti-motive here historic black gay page and impending music video shoot. did he not want his face damaged and paid the osundairo brothers for training not the hoax. telling the jury you don t have to feel pressured to convict just becaus
spent thousands of man hours on this case. the defense reminding the jury that a security guard testified under oath he saw at least one white person run away from smollett s scene backing up claim one of his attacker was its was white. if convicted smollett faces up to three years of prison, probation and community service are on the table. we will be back here tomorrow morning and keep you updated, tammy. tammy: looks like tomorrow might be the day. thank you very much, matt, appreciate it the covid autocrats were handed a another major loss today after manhattan court public employees like everybody, right? and this shouldn t be a surprise. their draconian measures are federal judge ruled vaccine mandates for government contractors. the left s agenda to control you is clearly falling apart and, of course, the media is here to blame it all on trump.
chicago s police spent thousands of man hours on the case. the defense reminding the jury a security guard testified under oath he saw at least one white person run away from smollett s scene backing up smollett s claim that one of his attackers was white. if convicted smollett faces up to three years in prison but probation and community service are also on the table. we will keep you updated, bret. bret: matt finn covering this trial from the beginning. matt, thank you. stocks were up today. the dow gained 35. the s&p 500 finished ahead 14. the nasdaq rose 100 today. president biden made a sales trip to the heartland today. he was in kansas city, missouri to promote his infrastructure law which, of course, has made it through congress. signed into law. and his massive social spending bill which has not yet made it through congress. white house correspondent peter doocy is in kansas city, tonight. the coming weeks i m going to be traveling all over the country. but missouri repu