New Chicago Mayor Vows to Investigate Decision to Drop Smollett Charges

Newly elected Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed Wednesday to investigate why the Cook County state's attorney's office dropped all charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett despite the “compelling” evidence that suggests he staged a hate crime against himself to further his own career.“The state’s attorney’s office here which made the decision unilaterally to drop the charges has to give a much more fulsome explanation,” Lightfoot said Wednesday