Jussie Smollett Courtroom Drama Continues Amid Calls For Mistrial

Things are heating up in the trial concerning Jussie Smollett.

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He faces felony charges for allegedly lying to police about a staged hate crime.

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Attorney Tamara Walker has called for a mistrial.

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She called for a sidebar after the judge shut down her line of questioning.

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The jury was excused from the courtroom at that time.

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Walker says that the judge lunged at her during the sidebar; the judge denies it.

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Witnesses say that Walker left the courtroom in tears after the sidebar.

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Attorney Heather Widell said that the judge was “snarling” at times.

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A legal analyst said this was the first time he heard of a judge ever doing such a thing.

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