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They had a previous relationship. that's probably the only reason he chose them. >> did you see jussie's interview on good morning america? did you see the interview on abc? >> i haven't seen the entire thing. i saw a couple of parts of it. to be quite honest, it's just shameful because it painted this city that we all love and work hard in in a negative connotation. to insen wait and to stage a hate crime of that nature when he knew as a celebrity it would get a lot of attention, is just despicable. it makes you wonder what's going through someone's mind to do something like that. so i saw a ...

Incident and while they were out of the country. >> jussie sdand the brothers yo mean? >> do you know that jussie tried to make contact with the brothers after the attack? >> like moments afterwards? so we know that they talked at least an hour or so before the attack and an hour or so after the attack and then while they were out of the country. we know that they were talking. >> do you know if jussie tried to recruit other people to stage the attack? >> i don't know that they were his first choice. we don't have evidence to suggest that. >> what is the indication that the brothers might be v...

The current narrative that is out there about how much jussie paid the brothers is incorrect. can police speak to what evidence they may have that jussie orchestrated this attack, asked the brothers to carry out the attack? and was there evidence of money payments? >> we have the check that he used to pay them. the 3,500 was for the two of them in total. and then 500 upon return. >> wausz there like an attack on the street? or did it take place somewhere else? how did that work? >> it took place right there. so, of course, it was staged. the brothers had on gloves during the staged attack wher...

I'm supposed to go through the timeline of our investigation. so here is where we are. as you all know, on the early morning of february 29th at 2:00 in the morning, jussie smollett reported that he was a victim of a hate crime. detectives responded to the incident and interviewed him eventually at northwestern hospital. he reported that the two offenders yelled racial and homophobic and political statements at him and beat him, put a noose around his neck and threw bleach on him and then fled from the area. we learned at the time that jussie was not hurt other than

The erroneous rumors that was put out there in the beginning was just that. this investigation didn't turn in the direction of mr. smollett being a defender until the 47th hour that we had those two individuals in custody. so one more hour we would have had to let them go. we may not be here today. the states attorney didn't drag anything. we needed to put the case together. these things take time. this isn't tv. this is real life so it takes time. >> superintendent, there were a lot of leaks in this case. was that intentional at all? >> well, who is to say the leaks came from us? just because...