By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com
Published: 03:07 GMT, 22 February 2019 | Updated: 03:07 GMT, 22 February 2019
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Senator Kamala Harris has broken her silence on the Jussie Smollett case, three weeks after calling the alleged hate hoax a 'modern day lynching'.
Harris, a top contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, issued a statement on Thursday, hours after ignoring reporters' questions on the case at a lunch meeting with Rev. Al Sharpton in Harlem.
'Like most of you, I've seen the reports about Jussie Smollett, and I'm sad, frustrated and disappointed,' said Harris, a California Democrat.
Smollett was arrested on Thursday morning in Chicago, after police said he paid two Nigerian brothers to stage an assault which he claimed was perpetrated by white men shouting vile racist and homophobic slurs.
Senator Kamala Harris (left) has broken her silence on the Jussie Smollett (right) case, three weeks after calling the alleged hate hoax a 'modern day lynching'
Earlier on Thursday, Harris had lunch with Rev. Al Sharpton at Sylvia's Restaurant in the Harlem neighborhood of New York
Like most of you, I've seen the reports about Jussie Smollett, and I'm sad, frustrated and disappointed. When anyone makes false claims to police, it not only diverts resources away from serious investigations but it makes it more difficult for other victims of crime to come forward.
