Trump Slams Smollett’s Hoax Attack as ‘Hate Crime in Reverse’, Says 'If Republican, He'd Be In Jail'

Black, homosexual former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was accused of orchestrating a racist and homophobic attack against himself in January 2019 and of lying to the police, as a jury in Chicago delivered a verdict in the staged hate crime case on 9 December.