The jury has reached a verdict in the hate crime hoax case against Jesse Smallette, guilty

on five felony counts.

We'll unpack the decision and the evidence presented in the highly scrutinized trial.

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A jury reached a verdict Thursday in the criminal trial of Jesse Smallette, who was accused

of lying to police when he claimed he was the victim of a racist and anti-gay attack in downtown

Chicago nearly three years ago.

The Empire actor has been on trial since last week.

Dailywire investigative reporter Maray Delordy is here to discuss the decision.

Maray, tell us about this verdict.

Sure, so after six days of testimony and another day of closing arguments, the jury determined

that Smallette was guilty on five of the six charges that he planned and carried out

a fake attack on himself and then lied to police about it.

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