dan webb also knew from the very beginning that this would be double jeopardy.hink the cries and demand for justice if you will. um was driven by a desire to get a different outcome and the law doesn't allow us to do that. and dan webb knew that from the very beginning, which is why it's no surprise that a unanimous illinois supreme court said that this was not proper. so i think politics were at play and dan webb was allowed to participate in a political act. >> many people wonder whether he got a sweetheart deal. that was always the phrasing of this. i think, you know, i have been a prosecutor. you and i have talked about this the idea that prosecutorial discretion sometimes is very offensive to people and the choices people make about the plea agreements they offer. why did you choose this route as opposed to a more severe punishment well, first and foremost, as you know largest county in the country and we have the second largest prosecutor's office in the country. >> and we are dealing with every day on the ground here issues of gun violence, sexual assault

what is important to understand is dan webb knew all along this was not a legitimate prosecution.he court has finally put this to rest. >> prosecutor dan webb says "today's ruling has nothing to do with mr. smollett's innocence here to the supreme court did not find error with overwhelming evidence found at trial that mr. smollett faked a hate hate crime." the civil case brought by the city of chicago pending against smollett in effort to recoup $120,000 in overtime expenses the chicago police department incurred in investigating these claims, guys. >> todd: a perfect recap, thank you. the former chicago police officer exposed the smollett scandal eugene roy emperor emphasis, it is important to note this decision was procedural or two it was not substance negative for an overturned conviction. what is your reaction as the police officer who exposed all of this? >> i think it is another example of justice gone wrong. a strong exception to kim box remark she could not understand the filing of false police report. this is something that cost the city of chicago and inordinate amount

after fox's initial deal with smollett, the special prosecutor dan webb brought the case in front ofy trial in chicago. smollett was convicted on five felony counts of lying to police, he had a public outburst which you are looking at on your screen right now. six days later, smollett got out on appeal. the special prosecutor just released a statement writing, "make no mistake, today's ruling has nothing to do with mr. smollett's innocence. the illinois supreme court did not find any error with the overwhelming evidence presented on trial that mr. smollett orchestrated a fake hate crime." now kim cox kim foxx, cook county state attorney, she is exiting office in a short while and she did a legacy interview with a newspaper, saying, i'm a little pissed my narrative gets to be shaped by dan webb. he gets to be credible and i don't. over the years i spoke with smollett a few times, as you know he maintains his innocence, insist it is the osan dario brothers that have been lying in part to advance their career. >> sandra: need to says he wants to make the world a better place for his chi

his name was dan webb. he secured a five count indictment. a conviction against smollett. but smollett had always argued that the case was supposed to be over. once he held up his end of the deal with the cook county state's attorney's office, he has. he filed numerous motions. they took it to the illinois court of appeals, the illinois court of appeals ruled against smollett, but then obviously, this case went to the illinois supreme court, which in the end sided with smollett. and again, what was at illinois supreme court argued and determined that he had given something of value in exchange for these charges to be dropped. that should have ended the case. so the smollett's attorneys are very very pleased with the outcome of this case. they said that this was not a prosecution based on facts rather, it was a vindictive prosecution and such a proceeding has no place in our criminal justice system ultimately, we are pleased that the rule of law was the big winner today, we are thankful to the illinois supreme court for restoring order to illi

reporter: dan webb expressed his opinion in the court's decision.e illinois supreme court didn't find error with the overwhelming evidence presented at trial that mr. smollett orliorchestrated a fake hate cre and the civil case brought by the city of chicago is pending against smollett to re-coop the $120,000 in overtime expenses the police department spent investigating the claims by smollett. brian. >> brian: bringing in two guys in the middle. we appreciate you guys joining us and saw you on the special recreating this big hoax. first off, your thought about this decision from the courts? >> we were taken aback not because of the supreme court's decision but because jussie should have admitted guilt and that's where we stand. >> the real injustice was the sweet heart deal he was given by kim fox's office at the beginning of all this. >> brian: what kim fox said yesterday, defending the plea deal, watch. >> the amount of attention to filing a false police report charge and energy that resulted from that is something i won't understand. it's import

after fox's initial deal with jussie smollett the prosecutor in the case dan webb brought the case in front of a jury trial in chicago and jussie smollett was then convicted on five felony counts of lying to police. six days out he gets -- six days later he gets out on appeal. the report writes in part jussie smollett's dew process was violated. here is the prosecutor same make no mistake today's ruling has nothing to do with mr. jussie smollett's innocence. the illinois supreme court didn't find any error with the evidence presented at trial that he orchestrated a fake hate crime. martha. >> martha: thank you very much. so elon is a household name and has big plans to cut waste in our government, to cut down on the size of government attacked the number of workers in washington. fox business anchor devon mcdowell lays out how they can do it next. ♪ ♪ when we started feeding bogie the farmer's dog, he lost so much weight. pre-portioned packs makes it really easy to keep him lean and healthy. in the morning, he flies up the stairs and hops up on my bed. in the past, he would not have b

the special prosecutor dan webb said this, quote: make no mistake, today's ruling has nothing to do with smollett's innocence. the illinois supreme court did not find any error with the overwhelming evidence presented at trial that mr. smollett orchestrated a fake hate crime. and despite the court's ruling, the civil case brought by the city of chicago is still spending against smollett in an effort to recoup the $120,000 in overtime expenses. the chicago police department incurred for investigating these claims. guys. >> ainsley: okay. thank you so much, chanley. so this is -- we're talking about this again. jussie smollett. so, remember. the two brothers. he hired them, right, lawrence? he paid them wrote them a check if you beat me up. told the press and media he was beaten up by a maga hat wearing white supremacist. >> lawrence: he promised the brothers acting careers as well. this is what the whole scam is about. there is two layers to this. on one hand i agree with the court in the sense of you can't try someone. >> ainsley: double jeopardy. >> lawrence: you can't just do that the

attorney dan webb had called him vicious, mean, evil depraved, a premeditated manipulator and opportunist conviction he made arrangements to be interviewed by roy lane, the fbi, richie teteak of the state police, and me for hours and hours on multiple occasions to assist us in solving the tylenol killing and he started offering his various theories as to how it could have been done even drew out a device that could have been used to fill the capsules with cyanide created manuscripts and drew pen and ink drawings and speculated about how the tylenol killer might have done what he did, who the tylenol killer might have been, what the motivations and motives might have been. you made the point. i think that private citizen you felt compelled to try and help in any way but you didn't have any involvement in it. >> why would you try to help in such a way? >> the same reason that if i were going down the street in your house was on fire. not my problem, but i would stop and try to help. >> if you were out in lake michigan and crying for help. and i'm walking along the beach not my problem. but

special prosecutor dan webb reinvestigated smollett's case after a judge ruled in part that kim foxxse herself from the smollett case, partially because fox communicated with smollett's family and michelle obama's chief of staff. webb got smawlt's case in front of a jury which found the actor guilty on five felony counts for lying to police. >> i'm innocent! i could have said that i was guilty a long time ago. >> smollett served six days and got out on appeal. the special prosecutor says today's ruling has nothing to do with smollett's innocence. writing: the illinois supreme court did not find any error with the overwhelming evidence presented at trial that mr. smollett orchestrated a fake hate crime. the prosecution has not indicated it plans to appeal to a higher court. smollett's attorney this afternoon says smollett is relieved with the decision but is he disappointed he was dragged through this. bret? >> bret: matt, thank you. dramatic testimony in the manslaughter trial of a marine veteran accused of killing a homeless man accused of killing subway passengers. the defense for