tucker: it must ve been bewildering for them since they were there and knew exactly what happened to hear jussie smollett describe this fantasy with a straight face. what kind of person can do that? it s your right to take the stand if you are the defendant. it carries obvious risks with that, but it does not here right to lie it to the jury. you don t have the right to make up your own set of facts. one of the office of special prosecutors my favorite part of this trial was watching sam mendenhall, what an amazing attorney from that team. he kept saying in his closing remarks, you are entitled to your own opinion, you re not entitled to your own facts. and that is what mr. smollett kept trying to do is change the facts. and as much as he tried to sell that story, it just didn t make any sense. and you have to consider, the
A jury has begun deliberations in the trial of actor Jussie Smollett on charges he staged a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lied to Chicago police about it.