ABC News has added former Chicago mayor and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel as a contributor. No information was available on how he’ll be used by the network. The announcement was made on This Week with George Stephanopoulos earlier today. Emmanuel, a Democrat, was the 55th mayor of Chicago, serving from 2011…

Continuing the back and forth that has raged between police, media, government officials and defenders of actor Jussie Smollett since hate hoax charges were dropped, his attorney Patrica Brown Holmes has issued a statement condemning the local authorities in Chicago. Calling the ongoing dispute a “smear campaign,&#8221…