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Column: Mayor Rahm Emanuel's anger over Jussie Smollett case isn't about justice. It's about revenge

I wish he were already gone.

Rahm Emanuel's last memorable act as mayor of Chicago very well might be his attempt to take $130,000 from Jussie Smollett.

Humiliated and angry that Smollett is getting to walk away free after the mayor and police declared the actor guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of staging his own racial and homophobic attack, Emanuel has set his sights on revenge.

A day after having a temper tantrum in front of the national spotlight, Emanuel demanded that Smollett reimburse

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