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\nA Wednesday Fox Business segment labeled Jussie Smollett’s exoneration a \u00ab\u00a0travesty of justice\u00a0\u00bb and sought to confirm conspiracy theories Michelle Obama called in \u00ab\u00a0favors\u00a0\u00bb to get his charges dropped by Cook County prosecutors. Fox Business host Stuart Varney opened his Tuesday segment declaring \u00ab\u00a0the influence and power of liberal elites\u00a0\u00bb was on full display in Chicago this week as Illinois prosecutors waived 16 charges against the Empire star. Self-proclaimed libertarian and Sean Hannity correspondent Lawrence Jones III touted unfounded and baseless claims former First Lady Michelle Obama \u00ab\u00a0made some phone calls\u00a0\u00bb to have the charges dropped in order to distract Americans from the disclosure of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation into President Donald Trump.
Although Republican Senate House Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was behind the blocking of the full Mueller report, the Fox crew nonetheless accused Democrat politicians — and their wives — of corrupting Cook County prosecutors. \u201cWe know that Michelle Obama\u2019s chief of staff made some phone calls,\u00a0\u00bb Jones said on Fox Business Wednesday. \u00ab\u00a0I would also note that the reason why they released this now is because after the Trump investigation was concluded they knew during the news cycle this was the perfect time to release this.\u201d The frequent Fox News guest cited Chicago Sun-Times, which reported Tina Tchen, a Chicago attorney who formerly worked for Obama, had previously asked Cook County lead prosecutor Kim Foxx to coerce the Chicago Police Department into turning the investigation over to federal authorities.
Jones cited zero evidence for his claims that former President Barack Obama and his wife are pulling strings in Chicago.\u00a0\u00bb[Michelle Obama] has the best approval rating out of any first lady or presidential candidate right now. Everybody thinks flowers about Michelle Obama. This will be sweeped [sic] under the rug. This is why it was the chief of staff that did it, so she wouldn\u2019s take the hit. I think people are still going to love her,\u00a0\u00bb Jones continued. He added that Smollett \u00ab\u00a0almost started a race war\u00a0\u00bb in America, which corroborated his unfounded claim the Obamas tried the same during his time in the White House. The Tuesday Fox duo mocked Michelle Obama, saying she \u00ab\u00a0loves capitalism\u00a0\u00bb because her memoir may become the best-selling of its kind.
Fox Business labeled Jussie Smollett’s exoneration a \u00ab\u00a0travesty of justice\u00a0\u00bb and sought to confirm conspiracy theories Michelle Obama called in \u00ab\u00a0favors\u00a0\u00bb to get his charges dropped by Cook County prosecutors. Screenshot: Contemptor| YouTube| Fox Business<\/p>\n