Chicago prosecutor's reputation as rising political star and legal crusader badly tarnished by her office's handling of a pair of celebrity cases.
FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2015, file photo, Kim Foxx, then a candidate for Cook County state's attorney, speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Foxx, who became the state's attorney, removed herself from the Smollett case before he was charged, saying she had discussed the case with a Smollett family member. The case was handed to First Assistant State's Attorney Joseph Magats. Foxx defended the decision by her staff to drop charges, saying the matter was handled properly.
The dismissal of all charges against Smollett enraged many, from President Donald Trump, to Chicago’s mayor and the city’s police union. They accuse her of allowing Smollett to walk away from faking a hate crime attack and lying about it to police without so much as an apology or admission of guilt. Retired Illinois Appellate Justice Sheila O’Brien vowed on Monday in an opinion piece posted on the Chicago Tribune’s website, to file a petition to the courts asking that a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate Foxx and her office.Foxx declined to comment for this article.
“They got in bed with Avenatti and Avenatti is toxic,” Kelly attorney Greenberg said in reference to Avenatti’s cooperation with Foxx’s office in the Kelly investigation.
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