you know, my co-counsel lee merit and i were talking about it, this is historic. it is the first time in the state of georgia as we understand it that there has been a conviction for a hate crime. hopefully there s a new precedent set now that if you kill an unarmed black person unjustly, the department of justice will hold you accountable for a long time after trayvon martin. we would always ask the department of justice to bring hate crime case against people that killed our young people unjustly, and they would normally decline in almost every instance, but today we see what happened in brunswick, georgia of all places that it is possible for the federal government to come and do what
william bryan guilty. all three were convicted of interference of rights which is a federal hate crime and attempted kidnapping of ar bure. they were each found guilty of an additional firearms charge. they are already serving life sentences for the felony murder of arbery. only bryan is eligible for parole after 30 years but these new federal convictions could add more life sentences. we got a victory today but so many families out there who don t get victories. reporter: this is a federal hate crime case that almost did not go to court because of a federal plea deal. i told the doj that, yes, they were prosecutors. one thing they didn t have, they didn t have a son that was lying in a cold grave and they still didn t hear my cry. what the doj did today they was
tucker: the jury is now deliberating in the jussie smollett fake hey hate crime case no cameras allow in the courtroom our matt finn has been there for the entire trial joins us tonight with an update. hi, tucker, the jury has been sent home for the evening. they are expected to resume deliberations for the morning. closing arguments today special prosecutor dan webb said jussie smollett withheld critical evidence like cell phone data he didn t want the alleged hoax to be solved. he mislead attackers and lied about tampering with the news. webb saying a northwestern doctor s testimony under oath brother s accounts that they held back their punches. that doctor testified on the stand that smollett had no known injuries. smollett s defense saying jussie had anti-motive here upcoming historic black gay marriage on network tv and impending music
including filing a false police report in a fake hate crime case. let s get right to alex perez live in chicago, following this case from the start for us. alex? reporter: david, hard to believe in january, it will be three years since this ordeal began. that jury deliberating here at the cook county courthouse for nine hours over the course of two days, delivering a split verdict just moments ago. tonight, a jury in chicago finding actor jussie smollett guilty on five counts of felony disorderly conduct and not guilty on one count of felony disorderly conduct. prosecutors argued smollett staged a racist and homophobic attack on himself back in january of 2019, when he told investigators he was walking home from this subway shop and two men attacked him, yelling racial and homophobic slurs and putting a noose around his neck. authorities began questioning smollett s story when he declined to fully cooperate with the investigation the prosecution s star witnesses, the osundairo brothe
is he looking to do that again. steve: the white house made it very clear with jen psaki jed there would be no military intervention the big stick this time was the sans. ainsley: coming up, mandate madness, new york city s mayor bill de blasio imposes a vaccine mandate on private sector employees. people are up in arms in new york about this. a diner owner says it will make it impossible for her to find employees and she is going to join us live. steve: why was cnn anchor dom lemon texting jussie smollett about his alleged hate crime case. that and other revelations from the actor s high profile trial from chicago after the break. you are watching fox & friends. good morning, folks. it s tuesday. is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes knocking you out of your zone? lowering your a1c with once-weekly ozempic®