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Jose Garcia

(2,611 posts)
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:12 PM Feb 2019

Cory Booker says he won't comment further on Smollett case until more information comes out

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by DonViejo (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: CNN

(CNN)New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker declined on Sunday to comment directly on reports that police believe actor Jussie Smollett paid two men to carry out a hoax assault on himself last month.

Smollett told authorities he was attacked in late January by two men who were "yelling out racial and homophobic slurs." Two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation told CNN on Saturday that Chicago Police believe Smollett paid two men to orchestrate the assault on him.

Booker, who is running for president, was one of several Democrats to weigh in on the initial reports of the attack on Smollett, tweeting that it was "an attempted modern-day lynching."

Asked as he campaigned in New Hampshire about the recent reports that the attack was a hoax, Booker said, "I'm going to withhold until all the information actually comes out from on the record sources."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/17/politics/cory-booker-smollett/index.html

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Cory Booker says he won't comment further on Smollett case until more information comes out (Original Post) Jose Garcia Feb 2019 OP
the approach I wish more of us would follow... hlthe2b Feb 2019 #1
Only when the story first came out, he didn't wait to comment that it was LisaL Feb 2019 #2
really? I missed that.... hlthe2b Feb 2019 #3
And he certainly wasn't the ONLY one, in politics or Hollywood. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #7
Joy Behar was right. Mr. Frost Feb 2019 #5
Uh, what? BlueStater Feb 2019 #8
Right now it's doxing. Mr. Frost Feb 2019 #10
Agreed. Salviati Feb 2019 #6
That's the stance he should have taken from the start LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #4
Good approach to it, but it should be an approach that is taken from the start Sapient Donkey Feb 2019 #9
Locking.... DonViejo Feb 2019 #11

hlthe2b

(102,489 posts)
1. the approach I wish more of us would follow...
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:17 PM
Feb 2019

why make assumptions before all the facts come out...?

LisaL

(44,980 posts)
2. Only when the story first came out, he didn't wait to comment that it was
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:21 PM
Feb 2019

"an attempted modern day lynching."

hlthe2b

(102,489 posts)
3. really? I missed that....
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:22 PM
Feb 2019

sigh....

oldsoftie

(12,651 posts)
7. And he certainly wasn't the ONLY one, in politics or Hollywood.
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:38 PM
Feb 2019

Obviously the story is not over yet, but it sure looks like Smollets career may be

 

Mr. Frost

(75 posts)
5. Joy Behar was right.
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:23 PM
Feb 2019

We all want Trump out and will do everything legally possible to rid him. Even if it meant at the price of ruining his voters lives.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
8. Uh, what?
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:49 PM
Feb 2019

How have *we* ruined his dipshit voters' lives?

 

Mr. Frost

(75 posts)
10. Right now it's doxing.
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 06:05 PM
Feb 2019

Salviati

(6,009 posts)
6. Agreed.
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:33 PM
Feb 2019

One can call out and denounce hate crimes, and simultaneously wait to get more information on open investigations.

LongtimeAZDem

(4,494 posts)
4. That's the stance he should have taken from the start
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:22 PM
Feb 2019

Sapient Donkey

(1,568 posts)
9. Good approach to it, but it should be an approach that is taken from the start
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:55 PM
Feb 2019

I understand people who close the person being more bias in their leaning towards their friends/loved ones/etc, but in general I think it's best for everyone else to stand back and wait for the investigation to confirm facts and information.

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
11. Locking....
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 06:16 PM
Feb 2019

A US Senator/Presidential candidate has no comment on an issue is not important news of national interest.

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