ABC News
@ABCNews·19.3M subscribers·117.3K videos
The latest development in the Jussie Smollett attack
Posted
February 20, 2019
Views
133,486
Likes
861
Comments
873
Engagement
1.30%
February 20, 2019
133,486
861
873
1.30%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
2:27Now PlayingAccording to two federal officials, the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating whether Smollett played a role in sending a threatening letter before the alleged attack.
Feds investigating whether Jussie Smollett played a role in sending threatening letter sent to 'Empire' studios addressed to him
Smollett, who portrays a gay musician on Fox's "Empire," said the attack happened on Jan. 29 at around 2 a.m. as he was leaving a Subway restaurant in Chicago. He told police that two attackers got his attention by yelling racial and homophobic slurs at him and then put a noose around his neck and poured an unknown substance, likely bleach, on him, according to an initial police incident report.
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
