Smollett, who is black and gay, said two men attacked him at
night in January, making homophobic and racist remarks and
putting a noose around his neck while shouting support for
Trump.
Investigators later charged Smollett with paying the two men to
pretend to attack him in order to garner public sympathy for
himself. Prosecutors dropped the charges on Tuesday, saying they
stood by the accusation but that an agreement by Smollett to
forfeit his $10,000 bond was a just outcome.
"FBI & DOJ to review the outrageous Jussie Smollett case in
Chicago," Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice. "It is an
embarrassment to our Nation!"
Smollett says he is innocent and did not stage the attack.
(Reporting by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)
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