supreme court was against it. you don t want people intimidated for voicing their opinion. shannon: please come back again soon. have a good weekend. this is a fox news alert. juan guaido indicted on felony accounts stating he was a victim of a crime in chicago. here is more on what they call a staged attack. reporter: jussie smollett has 15 counts which carry a sentence of four years in prison, 16 counts for every false report he gave chicago police. police say the actor staged a fake hate crime in january. police say he reported two donald trump supporters beat him, called him racial and homophobic slurs, putting news around his neck and said this is mag a country. police are responding to the new charges writing as
more than a dozen additional felonies steming from his fake hate crime this january. trace has the very latest. he went from one felony count of disorderly conduct to 16 felony counts. and to make matters worse, the grand jury returned two sets of charges because they say he gave false statements to two different chicago police officers and the stories were different, telling police about the racist and homophobic slurs. each set of charges carries a penalty up to four years in prison. experts say it s highly unlikely he will serve eight years, but more likely now that he could serve some jail time, though a plea deal is also a strong possibility. police say smollett paid two brothers $3500 to stage the attack. they say the brothers did strike him but the bruises on if face
now potentially in greater jeopardy. steve osunsami starts us off. reporter: the actor and singer who police say made up a racist and homophobic attack and then lied to america is now facing 16 new felony charges tonight for lies police say he told during two separate interviews with chicago investigators. i m left hanging my head and asking why. why would anyone, especially an african-american man, use the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations? reporter: each new charge is for each alleged lie when he told police how he was attacked on his way home from a sandwich shop to his chicago apartment in the early morning of january 29th. he told them that he was beat up by two men with covered faces who poured a chemical on him and were yelling out racial and homophobic slurs. he s supposed to be well known. requesting a report. said a noose was placed over the friend s neck. reporter: in the second interview, police confirm that this is when the actor said that his attack
hate crime this january. trace gallagher has the very latest, trace. he went from one felony count of disorderly conduct to 16 felony counts. and to make matters worse, the grand jury returned two sets of charges because they say he gave false statements to two different chicago police officers and the stories were different, telling police about the racist and homophobic slurs. each set of charges carries a penalty up to four years in prison. experts say it s highly unlikely he will serve eight years, but more likely now that he could serve someye jail time, though a plea deal is also a strongd possibility. police say smollett paid two brothers $3500 to stage the attack. they say the brothers did strike him but the bruises on if face were likely self-inflicted. he could also face federal
separate videos. trace: live outside the courthouse in chicago. head of the chicago police department doubling down on his claim that jussie smollett lied about being attacked. tmz has reported the brothers told a grand jury the empire actor wrote them a check for personal training services not to help stage an attack. police superintendent eddie johnson talked about the money today on good morning america. the brothers specifically say it was for the attack? they said he paid them $3500 with a check. did they say what it was for? yes, to carry out this incident. trace: smollett charged with filing a false report after telling police last month that one masked men attacked him yelling racist and homophobic slurs. his lawyers called the actor s