Jussie Smollett: 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.