CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Ex-Michelle Obama Aide On Smollett: Yep. I Did It.

Since we already had the text messages via an FOIA request, this part of the Jussie Smollett mystery probably shouldn’t be considered a bombshell. Tina Tchen, who used to be Michelle Obama’s chief of staff, admitted yesterday that she had intervened in the investigation by putting the state’s prosecutor in touch with some unnamed member of Smollett’s family. What remains unclear is whether or not Tchen did this of her own volition or whether someone in the Obama family prompted her to do it.

Some things don’t require any prompting; underlings simply understand what is desired.