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This is the republican primary from 2016 with a dozen people competing ripping each other apart. i think donald trump right now is going to buy more popcorn and watch them rip each other up. >> bill: thank you for being our headliner. >> sandra: thank you. a grand jury hitting empire actor jussie smollett with 16 felony counts of lying to chicago police. his attorney says this is a case of prosecutorial overkill and his client is being treated unfairly. >> ive never seen a media pendulum swing m...

>> joey, i got to play this from defense attorney mark geragos, heres something else that he brought up, listen to this. >> what is happening here is frankly, a media gang bang of this guy of unprecedented proportions. thats the reason i got into this. ive never seen a media pendulum swing more quickly and more viciously and rob somebody of their presumption of innocence like this case. its startling the way people assume that hes guilty. >> he brings up that bigger issue of innocent until prove...

Said. >> theyre bringing 16 counts, because they parsed out two statements. i defy you to find something like that. he was not suspended. they have not talked to one person at fox who has said his was dissatisfied with his money. ive never seen a media pendulum swing more quickly and more viciously and rob somebody of their presumption of innocence like this case. its startling the way people assume that hes guilty. >> joey, 16 counts, does that sound like a lot? >> it is a lot. but prosecutors,...

Accessed his records. what is happening here is frankly a media gang bang of this guy of unprecedented proportions and thats the reason i got into this. ive never seen a media pendulum swing more quickly and more viciously and rob somebody of their presumption of innocence like this case. its startling the way people assume that hes guilty. he hasnt been given one stitch of discovery. not one. there isnt one police report. your package just said he paid $3500. ive got the texts. those texts and ...

Defense attorney here, mark geragos, also a cnn contributor. lets watch. >> what is happening is frankly a media gang bang of this guy of unprecedented proportions. thats the reason i got into this. ive seen seen a media pendulum swing more quickly and more viciously and rob somebody of our presumption of innocence like this case. its startling the way people assume hes guilty. >> you say the 16 counts, one for each lie is not typical. >> no. >> is it as geragos says, overkill, overreach? >> i d...

This. ive never seen a media pendulum i would be surprised in a swing more quickly and more negative way if he did anything that was not per our viciously and rob somebody of their presumption of innocence like this case. understanding. arthel: the president sending little skeptical amid reports >> reporter: chicago police said that korea is restoring a smollett took advantage of the long-range rocket launch site pain and anger of racism to that it had dismantled as part promote his career, sayi...

And then another eight for what he later told a detective. smolletts defense said he didnt expect that the grand jury would bring 16 separate counts, calling it overkill. smollett who is black and openly gay told police station back in january he -- police back in january he was the victim of a hate crime, saying he was attacked by two masked men who beat him and yelled homophobic and racial slurs. he claimed the men put a rope around his neck and shouted this is maga country. police said the 36...

Been eating in the same restaurant in the same booth for six days a week. vietnam vet spared his wife diana from cooking after work. they like the place they go there every day. pete: find the right spot stick with it grand jury in chicago indicting actor jussie smollett on 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct alleging he concocted a racist and homophobic attack against himself. but his lawyer says smollett is a victim of a media gang bang. >> what is happening here is frankly a media gang ban...

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