Spotlight Politics: Will Smollett Saga Sway 2020 Election?
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“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is back in the headlines as Kim Foxx plans for re-election.
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is back in the headlines this week, just as the state’s attorney whose office cleared him of charges announces she’s running for re-election. Our politics team of Amanda Vinicky and Carol Marin weighs in on that and more in this week’s roundtable.
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Spotlight Politics: Will Smollett Saga Sway 2020 Election?
Clip: 11/20/2019 | 7m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is back in the headlines this week, just as the state’s attorney whose office cleared him of charges announces she’s running for re-election. Our politics team of Amanda Vinicky and Carol Marin weighs in on that and more in this week’s roundtable.
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