I woke up bright and early Monday morning to discover I’d made the prime time, featured in an attack ad released by Bill Conway’s campaign for Cook County state’s attorney.
Daddy Conway has contributed about $10.5 million to Bill’s campaign—hence the money for the 30-second commercial.
As though Conway is shocked to hear a grown woman swear. In fact, he’s so shocked, the caption on the commercial reads “bullsh*t,” just to protect us.
I’m hopelessly, shamelessly obsessed with Smollettgate. I talk about it all the time, having taken several deep dives with Sun-Times criminal court reporter Andy Grimm, who probably knows more about the matter than any local not named Dan Webb.
Soon everyone was investigating the investigators. It turns out that Foxx had taken a call from Tina Tchen, a well-connected lawyer acting on behalf of the Smollett family, asking her to ask police chief Eddie Johnson to move the case to the FBI. Foxx made the call, though the case stayed with the police.
I’d understand if this case involved a violent crime. As when Mayor Daley’s nephew killed David Koschman with a punch. Oh, where was the outrage with how the police and state’s attorney—long before Foxx—bungled that case? It took years of Sun-Timesinvestigative stories before a judge assigned Dan Webb (again) to investigate.
