Former federal prosecutor Tom Hogan discussed his selection of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx as one of the worst prosecutors in the country.
Hogan worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as a federal prosecutor and was twice elected as the District Attorney of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
“And you know, it doesn't have to be that way, folks don't have to vote just based on race, but at the same time, you've got plenty of black prosecutors that are very good," Hogan said on Chicago’s Morning Answer. "Kym Worthy in Detroit who is facing a lot of poverty and a lot of problems is doing a fantastic job because she upholds the law and she goes after violent criminals, hard. I would suggest that your state's attorney, Kim Foxx, who made that list of the five worst prosecutors, maybe you ought to look to Kym Worthy in Detroit and see how a real prosecutor deals with real problems.”
Hogan said he has a lot of gripes about Kim Foxx’s record.
“The problem with this piece of limiting it to just five of the worst prosecutors is that there were a lot of candidates, but Kim Foxx, if you look at her record, first of all, we always look to see how his violence doing in any place where someone is the chief prosecutor,” he told Amy Jacobson. "You guys are obviously experiencing a tremendous spike in homicides and shootings, and prosecutors like to claim credit when crime goes down. Well, they have to take some blame when crime goes up and Kim Foxx, the prosecution strategies, her refusal to prosecute certain crimes or refusal to sentence hard is one of the main reasons that she makes the list.”
Hogan cited the case of Empire actor Jussie Smollett who claimed that he was a victim of a hate crime when two men allegedly assaulted him in a Chicago neighborhood.
“Now you add into things like Jussie Smollett and her refusal to prosecute there just based on race really, and politics and then her decision that the gang shootout was mutual combat and that nobody should be charged with that, that's basically devolving Chicago into the Wild West," the former prosecutor added. "So there are a lot of different reasons that you would pick Kim Foxx for this list, but those are three right off the bat.”
Writing in City Journal, Hogan said Foxx was one of the five worst prosecutors in the country. In his piece, he noted one infamous gang shootout in which one was killed. Foxx initially refused all charges, but later conceded to only charge gang members with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
In contrast, Wayne County, Mich. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has been called the “toughest woman in Detroit” for her successful conviction record and her insistence that those charged with serious crimes remain behind bars, Essence reported. Worthy is among Hogan's top five best prosecutors.
Foxx recently took to Twitter to express her condolences to the family of cop-killer Kathy Boudin.
For residents in and around Chicago, crime has become more common under Foxx's leadership. Crime rates have grown dramatically in recent years, with murder rates reaching new highs not seen since 1994. In 2022 alone, auto thefts increased by 45 percent, thefts increased by 61 percent, and burglaries increased by 33 percent, according to Chicago Sun-Times.
Foxx's 2020 campaign received $2 million from leftist billionaire George Soros. Despite the substantial campaign support, Foxx remained defiant noting she was not "coordinating with anyone related to Soros.
The Cook County state attorney also declined to press charges against Smollett, investigations later found that he staged the racist attack on himself. Foxx was accused of violating the "Code of Professional Responsibility.”
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