congressman louis goehmert has the insight from capitol hill.: jussie smollett cleared in his alleged hate crime hoax and just about everybody wants to know how and why. we will look at the legal scenarios that could have led to this bombshell decision coming up. i can't believe it. that we just hit the motherlode of soft-serve ice cream? i got cones, anybody wants one! oh, yeah! get ya some! no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. ed! ed! we struck sprinkles! [cheers] believe it. geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> i am a man of faith with knowledge of history and i would not bring my family, our lives with the movement to this. i wouldn't. >> this, without a doubt, a whitewash of justice. if you're in position of influence and power you will get treated one way. >> do i think justice was served? know. jillian: jussie smollett insisting he's innocent after all charges were dropped in his alleged hate crime hoax. rob: this was a shocking move leaving many more

let's go to congressman louis goehmert who is joining us live for more reaction on this. thank you for joining us. what is your initial 5? >> this needs to be condemned. i condemn it. this kind of hideous, egregious act of violence needs to be punished as quickly and efficiently, after conviction. new zealand really is considered a peaceful place. they did away with their death penalty decades ago. i don't know if that answers into an idea where you might instigate violence. this is outrageous, these people need to be caught, anyone who assisted them needs to be punished as completely as they can under new zealand law. shannon: you mentioned the death penalty being done away with. we've also received reports the police commissioner did not mention it there that this shooter, the main shooter, the male in his late 20s is from australia. he went from australia to new zealand where he carried out this act. in terms of whether he was on any type of watchlist in australia or new zealand, had heard and if any of these suspects, the police commissioner said no. does that concern

i know a lot of them personally, guys like louis goehmert, a jewish democrat in new york, they were protesting why can't anti-semitism stand on its own. it was all about anti-semitism, representative omar was speaking anti-semitic tropes for the last two months and it should not have been included on anything but anti-semitism. shannon: bench appearances omar says anti-semitic stuff repeatedly, makes controversial comments about israel, democrats wanted on resolution, democrats vote condemn 8, republicans are anti-semitic. is a fair accusation to make? >> it is not. this is the third time the 116th congress has voted to condemn anti-semitism in less than three months and this was very strong in its condemnation not only of anti-semitism but intolerance in all forms. it was important the house take this step. certainly we found her comments unacceptable and this resolution defined anti-semitism not only to include the form of white supremacy the house originally voted on. >> let her finish her sentence. >> included generalizations about jews and negative stereotypes, the kind we saw representat