on its face. one thing that jussie smollett's lawyers don't want to do is piss off the justice system in chicago because they're going to go even harder on him. pete: david, you mentioned egg on their face. the media has a little bit too. this is what they said about smollett the day after he was charged. listen. >> this is a jacque robinson against homophobia in the black community. a beloved icon. now you have the fall of an icon. there is an atmosphere as i said last week and it remains true today an atmosphere of menace and fear. >> ache were to portrays himself. this is honest to goodness truth and we have to be bold enough to call that out. pete: this is after the police charged him. >> by the way what an insult to jacque robinson. let me tell you i have read a lot about jackie. ed henry wrote about it that wasn't the character of that