Ex-judge calling for probe of Smollett case files new motions, blasts Kim Foxx

A retired judge who is calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the Jussie Smollett case in Chicago filed a number of court motions Tuesday, including one that seeks to bar the Cook County state’s attorney from using public lawyers in the legal fight.

Sheila O’Brien, who wants an independent counsel to investigate why charges against the “Empire” actor were dropped, also called for her case to be heard by a judge outside of Cook County in the filings, according to local reports.

“Tax supported attorneys are to do the business of the people — not protect the State’s Attorney in disobeying the law,” O’Brien wrote in her filing to knock public lawyers off State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s legal team in her suit for a special prosecutor, the Chicago Sun Times reported.

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