Tina Tchen, Chief of Staff to the First Lady and Executive Director, White House Council on Women and Girls reaches out to the Obamas on behalf of her friend, Jurnee Smollett-Bell

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2019-03-13/cook-county-prosecutor-suggested-smollett-probe-go-to-fbi

From https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/jussie-smollett-update-kim-foxx-texts-emails-507107451.html

New documents showing text messages and email chains revealed Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s asked Supt. Eddie Johnson to turn the Jussie Smollett investigation over to the FBI before she recused herself from the case…