Chicago's police union and a group of suburban police chiefs called for the resignation of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx after holding votes of no confidence, they said in a press conference Thursday.
One protest called for Kim Foxx to resign. The other offered her support.
R. Kelly's legal team is asking a judge to preserve any communications between attorney Michael Avenatti and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx in a legal filing that manages to combine three of the biggest crime stories in America.
Comedian Chris Rock ripped into Jussie Smollett with a series of jokes Saturday at the NAACP Image Awards, where the actor was nominated for his role on the Fox series "Empire."
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx now indicates uncertainty about the strength of evidence and testimony that underpinned charges against Jussie Smollett, and she welcomes an outside review of how her office handled the case, she wrote Friday in The Chicago Tribune.
Tina Tchen's longtime friend wasn't surprised the former Obama administration aide helped connect Jussie Smollett's family with a top Illinois prosecutor.
Prosecutors who dropped felony charges against actor Jussie Smollett over his report of a hate crime attack "have fundamentally misled the public on the law and circumstances surrounding the dismissal," an Illinois lawyers group said.
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel accused President Donald Trump of creating a "hate-filled environment" in which he said "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett "thought he could take advantage of a hoax about a hate crime."
The city of Chicago wants $130,106.15 in the next seven days from actor Jussie Smollett, to cover the cost of the investigation into claims he was attacked in what he described to police investigators as a possible hate crime.
Chicago police on Wednesday released a portion of their investigative reports in the case of actor Jussie Smollett, a day after prosecutors dropped all charges that had accused him of falsely reporting a hate crime against himself.
Had Jussie Smollett's case gone to trial, it's unlikely that any of the results would have included time in prison for the "Empire" actor, the top prosecutor in Chicago said Wednesday.
The Chicago police union is again calling for a federal investigation into State's Attorney Kim Foxx to determine the extent of her involvement with the Jussie Smollett case.
The prosecutor who dropped the charges against Jussie Smollett said he still believes the actor lied to the police about the racist and homophobic attack he allegedly staged in Chicago in January.
Police said investigators had more than enough evidence to convict actor Jussie Smollett but in an unexpected turn of events, prosecutors decided to drop all charges against him.
All charges against Jussie Smollett -- the actor who'd been accused of staging a hate crime against himself in Chicago -- were dropped Tuesday, a development that his attorneys hailed as vindication but angered top city officials who still are calling his victimhood claim a hoax.
Two brothers who authorities said took part in a staged attack on actor Jussie Smollett were "betrayed" by the celebrity, their attorney told CNN on Monday.
Lee Daniels is speaking out about what life has been like on "Empire" during the Jussie Smollett controversy.
Actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty in court Thursday to accusations that he staged a hate crime and filed a false police report.
Reports of leaks about the Jussie Smollett case have prompted an internal investigation of the Chicago Police Department.
The brothers who allegedly took part in what police say was a staged attack on actor Jussie Smollett are expressing "tremendous regret" for their involvement.
It's been a week since Jussie Smollett was arrested, charged with a felony and subsequently released after paying a $10,000 bond.
Actor Terrence Howard is supporting his television son, Jussie Smollett, after he was accused of staging a hate crime attack last month in Chicago.
The sequence of events reads like the plot of a television show: A man stages his own attack and rehearses it beforehand, making sure there's a surveillance camera nearby to record it.
Rashad Pratt had been sitting in his SUV nearly seven years ago, near his mother's Chicago home, when a man approached with a gun and shot him in the chest, fatally piercing his heart.
