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Jussie Smollett fake race hate crime hoax conviction overturned

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American actor Jussie Smollett claimed to have been the victim of a hate crime. His story was inherently implausible – that two MAGA hat wearing homophobic white supremists saw him in the early hours of downtown Chicago – a deeply Democratic party voting area populated with many African Americans – and beat him up while it was snowing.
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Race hate hoaxer Jussie Smollett gets appeal bail

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In December, American actor Jussie Smollett was found guilty by a jury of falsely reporting a hate crime against himself.

He claimed two racist Trump supporters wearing MAGA hats beat him up. It turned out he had paid two Nigerian brothers to stage the whole thing so that he could pretend to be a victim of a racist and homophobic hate crime.
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