I can't stand Lemon..smug asshole.
CNN's Don Lemon ignores jail sentence following revelation he texted actor during 2019 probe
No primetime host on CNN nor MSNBC acknowledged the disgraced actor's sentencing
CNN's
Don Lemon skipped the breaking news of
Jussie Smollett's jail sentence after the anchor was swept up in the disgraced actor's trial for his 2019 hate crime hoax.
On Thursday evening, Smollett was sentenced to 30 months felony probation, restitution to the city of Chicago in the amount of $120,106, a fine of $25,000 and 150 days in the Cook County Jail.
Lemon did not mention Smollett during the host's two hours of programming later that night after previously addressing the former "Empire" star's conviction in December. His show focused on the continued Russian war on Ukraine.
Smollett, who was accused of staging his own hate crime, testified in December that he received a text from Lemon, relaying information that the Chicago Police Department didn’t believe Smollett's account of what happened, Fox News’ Matt Finn reported from the Windy City courthouse.
Lemon told his viewers
at the time that the story was "personal" since he and Smollett had been acquaintances and were in constant communication since the incident, and that the former "Empire" star told Lemon what he said had happened to him, which he admitted raised lots of questions.
The "Don Lemon Tonight" host avoided mentioning the latest news about the disgraced actor after being swept up in the criminal trial.
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