The State's Attorney who insisted that Jussie Smollett received no special treatment scrambled to find examples of other cases to justify the decision a day after it was made.

Kim Foxx, the embattled Cook County State's Attorney who recused herself from the Smollett case in February after exchanging text messages with one of his relatives but never appointed a special prosecutor, stood by her office's decision to let Smollett walk free from court on Tuesday without admitting guilt.

In a series of interviews on Wednesday, she said that what had been agreed between his team and hers was what is known as 'alternative prosecution' whereby a defendant agrees to a certain set of term and has the case dropped in exchange.

Foxx dismissed the public outcry around it and said only the people 'in the weeds' of the justice system would understand that it was actually commonplace and had happened thousands of times before.

There was no such explanation for it on Tuesday, when she stayed quiet and put Joseph Magats, her assistant who ultimately signed off on the decision, in front of cameras to try to address the many questions surrounding the case.

But Wednesday, Foxx sent an email to staff asking for them to come up with examples to prove her story.

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This email was leaked on Wednesday which shows Foxx scrambling to find other examples to back up her office's decision on Smollett

Kim Foxx, the recused Cook County State's Attorney who is facing scrutiny for her handling of the Jussie Smollett case, stood by her office's decision on Wednesday and said Smollett got off because it was the lowest class of felony and he has no criminal background

'We are looking for examples, felony preferable, where we, in exercising our discretion have entered into verbal agreements with defense attorneys to dismiss charges against an offender if certain conditions were met, such as the payment of restitution, completion of community service, completion of class, etc... but the defendant was not placed in a formal diversion program.

'Please ask your AAs if they have examples of these types of dispositions and we will work with them further to figure out on what case it was done.

'Nobody is in trouble, we are just looking for further examples of how we, as prosecutors, use our discretion in a way that restores the victim, but causes minimal harm to the defendant in the long run,' the email, which was obtained by CBS, read.

It was leaked on Wednesday to multiple news outlets after Foxx gave a series of interviews defending her conduct.

In none did she explain why she tried to convince the Chicago Police Superintendent to hand the case over to the FBI at the request of Smollett's family and their friend, former Obama aide Tina Tchen.

Smollett is shown leaving court on Tuesday after having all 16 felony counts against him dropped. Police and the city's mayor decried it as a 'whitewash of justice'

These are the emails exchanged between Tina Tchen and Kim Foxx on February 1, days after the incident on January 29 when Smollett was still being considered the victim of a hate crime

Tchen put one of Smollett's relatives in touch with Foxx. Their texts are shown

Trump called the decision by local prosecutors 'outrageous.' It was not entirely clear if he was demanding further investigation or calling for new activity

Her office insists Smollett completing community service was part of the deal behind the charges being dropped but his team says it was not conditional.

'He had to do nothing. There were no obligations, no conditions.

'These are the things that he chose to do because this is his character,' his lawyer, Tina Glandian, told Today on Monday.

They say the case was dropped because of a lack of evidence.

On Tuesday, the Cook County State's Attorney's office said in a statement that the charges 'would not have been dropped.

'The charges were dropped in return for Mr. Smollet's agreement to do community service and forfeit his $10,000 bond to the City of Chicago.

'Without the completion of these terms, the charges would not have been dropped,' their statement said.

President Trump described the entire case as an 'embarrassment to our nation' in a tweet on Thursday and has demanded a full investigation into it.

Smollett headed for the airport on Wednesday and smirked his way past photographers.

It is unclear where he was going or if he will continue with Empire, the Fox show he is a part of and makes more than $1million a series for.