CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- In her first meeting with reporters since a special prosecutor was named in the Jussie Smollett case, Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx on Tuesday said she’ll cooperate with Dan Webb.
Foxx came under fire for dropping criminal charges against former “Empire” series actor Smollett earlier this year. Previously, she had recused herself from the case.
He allegedly faked a hate attack against him in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood and spurred an expensive police investigation.
Foxx said she’s willing to make any procedural changes Webb may suggest.
Asked if she has any regrets, the state’s attorney said the Smollett controversy has taken attention away from work her office has done prosecuting violent crimes.
“That the integrity of the office is being judged by one case – I think that that’s unfortunate," she told reporters.
Webb is a former U.S. attorney. Foxx spoke about his special counsel assignment after announcing a program to more quickly clear the convictions of low-level marijuana offenders as the state moves to legalize pot.