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Trump tweets that FBI and Justice Department will look into Jussie Smollett case in Chicago

CHICAGO - President Donald Trump tweeted early Thursday that the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice will review the Jussie Smollett case, calling it "outrageous" and "an embarrassment to our Nation!"

Trump did not say exactly what the agencies will look into, but the Fraternal Order of Police and others have been calling for a federal investigation into State's Attorney Kim Foxx's handling of the case involving the "Empire" actor. Smollett

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