https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10289921/How-Jussie-Smolletts-lies-impacted-America.html
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and a host of other liberal stars are lashed for supporting Jussie Smollett in wake of 2019 'racist and homophobic attack' he has now been convicted of faking
Jussie Smollett's attack trial showed how one man's lies could have been detrimental to the civil rights movement in America
Among the first to leap to Smollett's defense were President Joe Biden, VP Kamala Harris, who called the attack a 'modern day lynching', and Cory Booker
All three, along with several other activists, used the attack as a platform to push their political agendas yet took to silence as it became clear he had lied
Meanwhile, CNN host Don Lemon allegedly aided in the actor's hoax by tipping him off the Chicago police were poking holes in his tale
Civil rights experts have said Smollett's lies are a 'black mark' for the movement and a 'whitewash of justice'
By Natasha Anderson and Alastair Talbot For Dailymail.Com
Published: 18:36 EST, 9 December 2021 | Updated: 03:49 EST, 10 December 2021