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His departure makes him the 39th person in the administration to resign or be fired since inauguration day. jussie smollett, the u.s. actor is now facing major legal trouble of his own. the grand jury indicted him on multiple felony charges. >> reporter: 16 counts against jussie smollett. basically every crime he claimed he was a victim of ois a crime against him. prosecutors say he told the story twice, first to a police officer and later to a detective, roughly the same story. he also went on "good morning america" and told the story as he saw it, believed it, and wanted it to be heard and...