KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Hate Crime Hoax Criminal Smollett Gets a Slap On the Wrist. “The reason that Smollett keeps lying is that he knows that hate-crime hoaxes barely get punished. An integral part of the leftist smear campaign against conservatives is the staging of ‘hate crimes.’ It’s gotten to be so routine with the lefties that you’re pretty safe assuming that a ‘hate crime’ that’s being reported widely by the mainstream media isn’t real.”