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Smollett told police a rope was put around his neck, chemical was poured on him, and he pointed out the glaring red flags, friends of mine inda chicago from day one morning me, dont get ahead of this country. story. they were right. on this show, we dont rush to judgment. we let investigations unfold on facts play out. today, the police say "the trajectory of the investigation is now shifted." they are probing whether it was all a hoax orchestrated by smollett himself. according to new reports, ...

Chemical was poured on him. he pointed out the glaring red flag. i had friends in chicago from day 1, warning me, dont get ahead of the story. they were right. you know what? on this show, we dont rush to judgment. we let the investigations unfold and facts play out. today the police say that the trajectory of the investigation has shifted. they are probing whether it was all a hoax orchestrated by smollett himself. two brothers who were friends of smollett told police the actor paid them $3500 ...

Youtube before it is scrubbed. you will never watch "abc news" again. virtually everywhere the uttered is dishonest. he began to explain the men who attacked and were not muggers, they didnt want money. they assaulted him purely because of his identity. people like jussie smollett are not allowed to live in donald trumps america, that was the message of the attackers. this is maga country they screamed., referring to chicago, a city where 80% of the population voted against donald trump. as a cr...

And the police say we just need to talk to him. >> he sat down with robin roberts, i dont remember if it was last week -- >> yeah, last week. >> and she pressed him on some of this. watch this now. >> who thought [ bleep ] would make something like this up or add something to it or whatever it may be? i cant -- i cant even -- im an advocate. im pissed off. >> what is it that has you so angry? is it the attackers? >> its the attackers but its also the attacks. it feels like if i had said it was a...

[ bleep ] punches me in the face. >> reporter: but reports he told police the attackers wore mega hats. >> i didnt need to add anything like that. they called me a [ bleep ]. they called me a [ bleep ]. there is no which way you cut it. i dont need some hat as a cherry on top of some racist sunday. >> reporter: in a interview, he expressed frustration of not being believed. >> it feels like if i had said it was a muslim or mexican, or someone black, i feel like the doubters would have supported ...

>> it feels like if i had said it was a muslim or mexican, or someone black, i feel like the doubters would have supported me a lot much more, a lot more. and that says a lot about the place that we are in our country right now. >> with us now is cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney general and anchor of court tv, congratulations on that. also joining us is brian stelter, host of "reliable sources." if this is true that smollett orchestrated this and he paid these men, how much legal ...

Groups that have been supportive of him who are going to ask a lot of questions. they rallied around him big time. he was shown so much love. people were so angry at the thought people would actually doubt his story. he said during the interview with "good morning america," had he said the attackers were muslim, black or hispanic, the doubters would have believed him more. because he was saying it was someone who said something about maga and a trump supporter, that was causing people not to bel...

They called me [ bleep ]. theres no which way you cut it. i dont need some maga hat as the cherry on top of some racist sundae. >> reporter: and during the same abc news interview, he expressed frustration about not being believed. >> it feels like if i had said it was a muslim or a mexican or someone black, i feel like the doubters would have supported me a lot much more -- a lot more. and that says a lot about the place that we are in our country right now. >> our thanks to victor blackwell fo...

This. and it seems theyre running into dead ends. theyre running into dead ends, just as much as persons of interest. lets talk about that. persons of interest, you look and you believe these are people who could have involvement, you just dont know. a suspect, someone you believe to have involvement. a person leased now you had no involvement at all, or at least of a criminal variety. so it is perplexing, with regard to the police try doing determine what happened, how it happened, and it doesn...

Is not clear who they arrested because part of a conspiracy with jussie smollett were arrested for assaulting jussie smollett, they have not been charged to it. and unconfirmed reports to the police, kind of knocking down yesterday saying, this was an orchestrated hoax. it is hard to know what to believe. >> martha: and chicago reported it was a hoax and that he was being written off of the show. they say that there is no cooperation of that from the police in chicago. here is one more sound bit...