Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Jussie Smollett appeared in person at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse Wednesday for a closed-door hearing on whether the former “Empire” actor can be represented by his latest attorney who is accused of having contact with two key witnesses in the high-profile criminal case. That lawyer, Nenye Uche, was also in court, as were Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo — the brothers who told Chicago police that Smollett hired them to stage a phony attack against the actor in 2019. Cook County James Linn will rule on whether Uche can be part of Smollett’s defense team on Aug. 2. Smollett hired Uche, a former Cook County prosecutor, as his lead defense attorney earlier this year as he fights filing a false police report charges.