Ex-Chicago PD boss: Jussie Smollett’s hoax became ‘no-brainer’

Ex-Chicago PD boss: Jussie Smollett’s hoax became ‘no-brainer’

(NewsNation) — NewsNation met with former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who shared never-before-heard details of the Jussie Smollett scandal that rocked the city and pop culture world. Johnson received news of an alleged racist and homophobic attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett during a 4 a.m. phone call from his department’s news director. But with dozens of detectives working on the case in 2019, how Smollett interacted wit…