An Illinois judge approved a special prosecutor to investigate actor Jussie Smollett and the decision of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office to drop all charges against him.
Cook County Judge Michael Toomin ruled Friday that after State Attorney Kim Foxx recused herself from the Smollett case, she had no legal authority to appoint her deputy to take it in her stead.
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