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around the state. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. a verdict has just been reached in the trial of actor jussie smollett, falsely accusing of being a victim of a hate crime, that he allegedly arranged himself. sara sidner is outside the courtroom. set the scene. what s about to happen? reporter: so, we are awaiting jussie smollett and his family. they have been coming into court every single day. of course, smollett has to be here in order to hear what the jury has decided in this case. we do have a verdict. so we are waiting to hear exactly what that verdict is on six counts against him. they re all six charges of disorderly conduct, essentially what prosecutors say was a lie he made and reported to police after this january 2019 attack that they say was a faked hate crime, that he had perpetrated on himself, in order to get more media attention, for whatever reason. w ....