On Friday, Chicago Judge Michael Toomin appointed a special prosecutor to head an investigation into the corrupt handling of the Jussie Smollett case.

Smollett who is an actor, staged an entire hate crime on himself back in January where he hired to Nigerian men to wrap a noose around his neck and poor bleach on his face. The Empire actor then filed a false police report where he claimed that he was attacked by two Trump supporters in MAGA hats who called him racist and homophobic names.

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The evidence against Smollett was astounding however he was later released of all charges.

U.S. Attorney Dab Webb has now been assigned to investigate the handling of the Smollett case considering the actor was released of all charges even though it is very clear that he knowingly filed a false police report. Webb's job is to find out why all 16 criminal charges were suddenly dropped. Webb also may potentially reinstate all the charges.

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"Webb gained prominence for his lead role during the Operation Greylord investigations into judicial corruption in Cook County," Fox 32 said. "He served as special counsel in the Iran-Contra affair and was previously appointed by Judge Toomin in the death of David Koschman."

On Friday, Webb spoke to reporters: "I don't know where this case is going. The facts will take me where they take me."

Toomin announced that a special prosecutor was necessary because "Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx had no authority to hand [the case] off to her top deputy after announcing she recused herself," CBS News Chicago reported.

"Foxx had been in contact with a Smollett relative and was approached by former first lady Michelle Obama's one-time chief of staff on behalf of Smollett's family," Fox 6 added. "Foxx also publicly wondered if her being black has anything to do with the criticism she has received."

The Daily Wire goes into more detail about the Smollett hoax. Check out what they had to say:

Smollett told police on January 29, that he was walking home late at night when two masked men attacked him while hurling racist and homophobic slurs at him. Smollett further alleged that one of the attackers told him that he was in "MAGA country."

Weeks later, authorities claimed that Smollett paid two black friends $3,500 to help him stage the attack on himself because he was not satisfied with earning $65,000-$125,000 per episode of a TV show on which he starred.

In June, after Toomin ruled that a special prosecutor would be appointed in the case, the Chicago Police Department doubled down on its claim that Smollett "fabricated" the "incident."

Anthony Guglielmi, chief communications officer for the Chicago Police Department, tweeted at the time: "We stand firmly behind the work of detectives in investigating the fabricated incident reported by Jussie Smollett & #ChicagoPolice will fully cooperate with the court appointed special prosecutor."

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