The news comes as quite a surprise seeing as how the evidence against him was seemingly airtight, including witnesses, confessions by those he hired, and physical evidence that all pointed towards his guilt.

And although many people are upset that Smollett's wrongdoing is being swept under the rug for political reasons, this is probably just the beginning of a much bigger scandal.

Going back to the early days of the investigation, I wrote an article that suggested Kamala Harris' connection to Jussie Smollett was much more than just circumstantial in regards to the hoax. In the article it shows what others had been digging up, including Harris sponsoring an anti-lynching bill in Congress. As you may remember, just a day after Smollett went public with his alleged assault story, Kamala Harris took to twitter to call it a "modern day lynching". Not only that, Harris and Smollett were long time friends, and Smollett has even campaigned with Harris.