Chicago's top prosecutor Kim Foxx subpoenaed in Jussie Smollett case
CHICAGO — Chicago's top prosecutor Kim Foxx has been subpoenaed to appear in court by a retired appellate judge who's pushing for a special prosecutor to investigate the handling of the case against actor Jussie Smollett.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Sheila O'Brien also subpoenaed Foxx's top deputy and requested that Smollett appear at a hearing on her request.
Foxx was harshly criticized when her office announced it was dropping charges against Smollett that accused the black, gay actor of staging a racist and anti-gay attack on himself in downtown Chicago.
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Foxx has defended the decision to drop the charges and says she welcomes an independent investigation.
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