Kamala Harris finally comments on nephew Jussie Smollett after 'modern day lynching' reaction to alleged 'MAGA' attack

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., issued her first reaction Thursday evening to the news that "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was indicted for disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false report about a hate crime.

"Like most of you, I've seen the reports about Jussie Smollett, and I'm sad, frustrated, and disappointed," the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said in a statement posted to Facebook.

The statement was Harris' first substantial comment on the controversy ever since she made a snap judgment on the day Smollett filed a police report, calling the alleged attack weeks ago in Chicago in an "attempted modern day lynching." Since then, she had refused to speak out, saying she wanted to wait for the facts to come out.
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Harris' statement Thursday also touched on how Chicago police had to deal with a wave of serious crime while they were investigating what they have now concluded was a fake attack. At least 20 murders and 134 sexual assaults were reported in Chicago during the 23-day period, according to the Chicago Police Department’s weekly CompStat crime statistics.
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