next steps, there will be a hearing in january to begin the process or begin the road towards sentencing. i should say, jussie smollett's defense team says they were 100% appeal this ruling. and on the civil side, the city of chicago says they will continue to pursue their lawsuit against jussie smollett to recoup the damages or the costs, i should say, incurred from the investigation of the chicago police department did. back to you. >> thank you very much, omar. well, cnn legal analyst paul canon has been following the jussie smollett case since the beginning. he said the city of chicago wasted resources on this hate crime and the judge will likely sentence smollett to jail time. have a listen. >> you have an actor here who took the stand and testified, and the jury expected him to tell a compelling believable story. in fact, the story he told was totally unbelievable, that he was attacked by two people that he knew, his exercise instructor