The Morning Briefing: Hate-Crime Hoax Criminal Smollett Gets a Slap on the Wrist

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Happy Friday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. America was stronger when kids were dealing with the mitigated violence that was tetherball.

We Americans do love a good true-crime drama. The Jussie Smollett saga looked like it might give us a good story, but, sadly, it turned out to be another judicial dud.

The pathetic hoaxer could have gotten some serious jail time but this all played out in Illinois, where the law is kind of an iffy thing. Megan covered the story for us:

Notorious and convicted hate-hoaxer Jussie Smollett has been sentenced today to 150 days in jail, $120,000 in restitution, and a $25,000 fine. Before Smollett was taken away he started yelling, “I am not suicidal! If anything happens to me when I go in there I did not do it to myself.”

“I did not do this,” he continued.

Judge James Linn denied the defense’s motion for a new trial. He also denied the motion to stay the sentence until appeal. “I am not staying this,” said the judge. “This happens right here right now.” Smollett was led out of the court by police with his fist raised in the air.

Everyone knows he did it. Everyone knows he’s lying. He knows he’s lying.

The reason that Smollett keeps lying is that he knows hate-crime hoaxes barely get punished. An integral part of the leftist smear campaign against conservatives is the staging of “hate crimes.” It’s gotten to be so routine with the lefties that you’re pretty safe assuming that a “hate crime” that’s being reported widely by the mainstream media isn’t real.

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Also, I’m not a big morning guy, so getting rid of that word should make me almost cheerful.

Almost.

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