Editorial: Chicago's question: 'Did someone, somewhere, clout a sweet deal for Jussie Smollett?'

In his courtroom Thursday, Cook County Judge LeRoy Martin Jr. essentially told the parties involved in what remains of the Jussie Smollett case to take a deep breath. With attorneys for the Tribune and other news organizations asking him to block the destruction of records if Smollett seeks to expunge them, Martin was unequivocal. "There is no possibility or probability that records (would) be destroyed. That isn't what