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Chicago DA haunted by Smollett case
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Mar 08, 2020 03:49pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Shia Kapos |
| News Date | Sunday, March 8, 2020 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Few players in the movement to overhaul the criminal justice system wield as much influence as Kim Foxx, who leads the nation's second-largest local prosecutor’s office. She’s the brand of prosecutor Attorney General Bill Barr calls “dangerous to the public safety.”
Foxx's agenda has won endorsements from presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Sen. Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor. And liberal megadonor George Soros, who funnels money into district-attorney campaigns backing candidates trying to narrow racial disparities, has poured nearly $800,000 this cycle into ads attacking Foxx's chief opponent, Bill Conway.
But her handling of a bizarre case involving "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett has dogged Foxx for a year. It’s become the stake her police force critics and Democratic rivals hope will sink Foxx’s campaign, putting her allies in the broader movement on edge ahead of the March 17 primary. |
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