It’s not just Rahm Emanuel who has blasted the prosecutor’s action. David Axelrod has, too:
Unless some better explanation surfaces, here’s the lesson of this weird turn in the Smollett case:
You can contrive a hate crime, make it a national news, get caught and-if you are a well-connected celebrity-get off for $10K and have your record expunged and files sealed.— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 26, 2019