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Culture of accountability." late today, smollett's attorney meeting with police and prosecutors. >> empire's not going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on an artist that would try to take us down. >> reporter: the "empire" actor has insisted he was the victim of an attack. >> how do you not believe that? it's the truth. >> reporter: the fbi is already investigating whether smollett sent this threatening letter to himself a week before the attack. >> the return address said in big red, you know, like, caps, "maga." did i make that up, too? >> reporter: his brother now defending him on ...

What do you know about this? >> that letter arrived about a week before the attack. it was addressed to jussie smollett. rather than having a return address it had maga written on the top there. and the way jussie described it in his interview, he said it was a stick figure with a gun pointing at it. now, you mentioned there was some white powder in there. that has been determined to be a crushed up aspirin. but the u.s. postal service today did confirm they are working with chicago police department and the fbi to figure out who sent that letter. so, that is major strand right now, don, in th...

That jussie played a role in his attack. he's said on good morning american, through his lawyers, that is not what happened at all, and it could not be further from the truth. >> there's another element here. days before the attack on smollett a letter cop taining white powder was sent to him at the "empire" set in chicago. cnn has obtained an image of that letter. what do you know about this? >> that letter arrived about a week before the attack. it was addressed to jussie smollett. rather than having a return address it had maga written on the top there. and the way jussie described it in hi...

Black [ bleep ]. there was no address. but the return address said in big, red, you know, like, caps, "maga." did i make that up, too? >> reporter: a law enforcement source telling abc news the brothers in this surveillance video alleged smollett was upset that the letter didn't receive more attention and say the actor then paid them to help orchestrate and stage the attack. detectives are working to investigate that claim. tonight, the brothers seen leaving the courthouse with their attorney providing no comment. police say they were continuing to cooperate with the investigation. authorities...

Attack. mike tobin live with the very latest breaking of the story tonight. good evening, mike. >> good evening, martha. a lot of exciting developments but those two brothers you were talking about were spotted in the criminal court building today as police confirmed they were there. going into the grand jury room. police say this is not a these are police and prosecutors having yet another meeting while they continue to demand that smollett come in for an interview. a report about that letter that was a report that smollett participated in the creation of this letter that was sent january 18t...