Tucker Carlson insinuates charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped over ties to the Obamas, Kamala Harris

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has a theory for why charges were dropped against Empire actor Jussie Smollett, which he expounded upon on his show on Tuesday.

While discussing the latest turn in the case with Kevin Graham, the president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, Carlson called the whole situation a “travesty.”

“It looks to us from outside Chicago looking in that this was just a pure political deal. Somebody called somebody else, everybody here’s connected,” Carlson said. “Smollett knows people, he knows the Obamas, he knows Kamala Harris, and he somehow pulled strings to get out underneath these charges.”

Graham agreed with Carlson, calling the decision a “disgrace” to the police officers that worked on the case. And some viewers on Twitter, including actor James Woods, agreed as well.

But others were quick to refute Carlson’s claims, with some drawing comparisons to President Trump and others sarcastically responding to his statements.

Carlson went on to say that he thinks Smollett is above the law and questioned where the accountability in the legal system is.

“Smollett isn’t getting off because he is innocent. He is not an innocent,” Carlson said. “He is something better than innocent. He’s famous.”

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