Judge steps aside in the Jussie Smollett case

Judge LeRoy K. Martin Jr. will leave the decision on whether to assign a special prosecutor to investigate Kim Foxx's handling of 'Empire' star Jussie Smollett's case to the presiding judge instead; Matt Finn reports from Chicago.

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