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>> did the brothers testify or tell police that the check was for the attack, or was it for training? >> well, when you look at -- if you read the bond proffer, what they said the check was for is in that bond proffer, and it was for the attack. >> okay. >> the staged attack. >> so lets talk about this letter. what about the letter because that was one of the first things you said during the initial press conference, that you believe that he -- this is the one that came about a week before to th...

And i would tell you this also. we classified him as a victim. we gave him the benefit of the doubt all the way up until the 47th hour of the 48th hour that we could legally hold those two brothers in custody. it turned at that 47th hour, and thats when he became a suspect in this, you know. our job is to gather the facts and evidence, present them to the states attorney, who then decides if the evidence is sufficient for charging. they decided it was. now, the next step is to go through the jud...

So lets talk about some of those things. you said theres additional evidence, but you cant talk about it. what about this whole thing about the check? you know, hes saying he wrote on the line that it was for training and whatever, and it wasnt to stage an attack. what do you say to that? >> well, you know what? like i said, don, a lot of these things will come out in court if it gets that far. but lets face it. if you were going to, lets say, buy a stolen car, you wouldnt put in the memo line "...

Jussie smollett insists hes innocent after being charged with staging a racial and homophobic attack. superintendent eddie johnson says the chicago p.d. has a lot more evidence that proves smollett is not telling the truth. superintendent johnson joins me now. good evening, sir. thank you so much for joining us here. i really appreciate it. >> good evening. thanks for having me. >> absolutely. a lot more evidence. can you talk about it? what is that? >> well, i cant really go into specifics beca...

It turned at that 47th hour, and thats when he became a suspect in this, you know. our job is to gather the facts and evidence, present them to the states attorney, who then decides if the evidence is sufficient for charging. they decided it was. now the next step is to go through the judicial process and either a judge or jury will decide whos telling the truth. so we just let the judicial process play out. >> he did say it was white -- he saw white skin. he said that to you, to police? >> yes....

Can you talk about it? what is that? >> well, i cant really go into specifics because were past the bond proffer, but i can just tell you this. normally when we do things of this nature, all the evidence isnt provided up front. so there are some other things that just dont support the original version of the story that we got. >> okay. so lets talk about some of those things. you said theres additional evidence, but you cant talk about it. what about this whole thing about the check? you know, h...

Saw white skin. he said that to you, to police? >> yes. if you read the bond proffer -- >> i did. >> youll see that in there. >> i have you here. i just want to make sure. again, you stand by the evidence you have, and you said you have more evidence than when you presented at the press conference and in the proffer that leads you to believe that this was something that he cooked up himself? >> i absolutely stand by the investigation. the detective dollars a hes did job, and i want to commend th...

Truth. superintendent johnson joins me now. good evening, sir. thank you so much for joining us here. i really appreciate it. >> good evening. thanks for having me. >> absolutely. a lot more evidence. can you talk about it? what is that? >> well, i cant really go into specifics because were past the bond proffer, but i can just tell you this. normally when we do things of this nature, all the evidence isnt provided up front. so there are some other things that just dont support the original vers...

Bond proffer. i mean, chris -- >> i dont know how his lawyers read that and were okay putting out the statement that he had to put out. i dont know where they get off saying that the police are doing some disservice to smollett. unless this is the biggest fabrication not just in chicago but in the nations history of policing, this guy has got big problems. >> chicago police, the department has a long history of doing some things right but a lot of things wrong. >> mm-hmm. >> this case is so high...

>> so i just have a word for people who i see on tv just spinning it, twisting themselves in pretzels trying to figure out a way, how do i -- just a word, please, to the folks who are saying, well, we all know the chicago police cant be trusted, this is a setup. just stop it. i want you to stop and think about it this way, okay? lets just stop and think about it this way. the police did not pull smollett over in traffic. they didnt stop and frisk him. they were called in for his defense. what re...