Trump: FBI, DOJ to review ‘outrageous’ Jussie Smollett case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – In an early Thursday morning tweet, President Trump said he would have the FBI and Justice Department look into the “outrageous” Jussie Smollett case. 

“It is an embarrassment to our Nation!” Trump tweeted. 

The case made headlines Tuesday after it was announced that all charges alleging Smollett lied to police about an alleged racial and homophobic attack were dropped. 

Smollett had faced 16 felony counts. 

Police and prosecutors say Smollett paid two brothers, Abel and Ola Osundairo, $3,500 to stage an attack on Smollett near his apartment building in Chicago’s swanky Streeterville neighborhood, in which he was made to look like the victim of a vicious hate crime.