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The one crime, a class four felony. that would be two-and-a-half years in jail or up to three years probation. jussie smollett maintains his innocence, we heard from his lawyers who call this prosecutorial overkill. they say it is a redundant, vindictive indictment, and say jussie add mentally maintains his innocence. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. and still ahead, bill shine is out as white house deputy chief of staff and communications adviser. why the president began questioning the judgment of a former fox news executive. ♪ looking to lose weight this year? try fda-approved alli®.

In a statement to cnn saturday night smollett's attorneys wrote in part, as the victim of a hate crime who is cooperating with the police investigation, jussie smollett is angered and devastated by the recent reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with. he has now been further victimized by claims attributed to these alleged perpetrators that say jussie played a role in his own attack. that's nothing further from the truth. anyone claiming otherwise is lying. as a group of detectives continues to work the case, chicago police did confirm to us the information received fro...

Suspect that smollett paid to orchestrate the attack. so if you think about that, they now have the phones of the two men. they're going to go through it and will probably be able to trace back certain messages between all three of the men. a very interesting development. >> so what are his lawyers now saying about this? >> yeah, it's interesting. in a statement to cnn that was released last night, smollett's attorneys wrote as a victim of a hate crime that has cooperated with the investigation he is angered and devastated by reports that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with. h...

They believe the men also by their financial reports purchased the rope. all of this is sort of being a domino effect. they want to talk to jussie again to see where he stands with this investigation and obviously the brothers have been talking so it will be interesting to see what detectives have been able to get to them and what the actor can say against what they say as well. so many twists and turns in this. >> oh, my, where will it go next? venezuela is in a man made crisis of epic proportions. what else he is saying about that and the latest on efforts to deliver u.s. aid to that country...