Smollett Trial Quotes / Pizza News / Christkindlmarket / Lil Jon

Following Jason Meisner's Twitter highlight reel of testimony in former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's trial for allegedly scripting a phony hate crime against himself was a delight Thursday.

Here's a taste of Meisner's transcription of Smollett attorney Shay Allen grilling star witness Abel Osundairo:

Allen: Jussie asked you to beat him up. Did you think that was strange?
Osundairo: I thought it was very strange
Allen: Did you say, "Hey man, that’s strange!"
Osundairo: No
Allen: Do you think it's a crime to punch someone in the face?
Osundairo: Not if they ask you to and you're acting.

Follow along: Star Witness Abel Osundairo Sought Fame, Money: Smollett Lawyer

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• Will County prosecutors charged a former Cook County sheriff’s police officer with trafficking cocaine from Mexico into Illinois. (Patch)
• Don't eat the Al Kanater-brand tahini! International Golden Foods has "voluntarily" recalled the brand due to a potential salmonella contamination. (Patch)
• Why did City Hall drop a lawsuit that aimed to prevent Chicago police union boss John Catanzara from urging rank-and-file cops to defy the city's vaccine mandate for all employees? "The past few weeks have shown what I have said from the beginning to be true: that our brave police officers are smarter than their FOP leadership," Mayor Lori Lightfoot says. The police union respond with a Facebook post that included a vintage picture of a Chicago cop giving a middle-finger salute. (Patch)
• Chicago's Christkindlmarket bested Koziar’s Christmas Village in Bernville, Pennsylvania to earn the No. 1 spot on Best Travel 7's list of the top 25 Christmas markets in America. It must be the souvenir mug! (NBC5)

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