Who is Joe Magats? Took Smollett Case Over from Kim Foxx after Recusal

First Assistant State's Attorney Joe Magats

Magats took over the case after Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx recused herself.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that days after Smollett reported that he was attacked by two masked men who shouted homophobic and racist slurs and “this is MAGA county” to the police, Foxx tried to persuade Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson to turn the investigation over to the FBI.

The move came after Tina Tchen, a Chicago attorney and former chief of staff to former First Lady Michelle Obama, reached out to Foxx about the case.

According to the report, Tchen sent the contact information for one of Smollett’s relatives to Foxx, who later cited those conversations as the reason she recused herself.

Smollett was charged with 16 counts of disorderly conduct in the alleged hoax attack and police reports.

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