Unbelievably shameless and disrespectful.

Jesse Jackson: Outrage over Jussie Smollett ‘Is Fake News’

Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday released a statement branding the “outrage” surrounding Jussie Smollett as “fake news” and called on people still angered by allegations that the Empire actor staged a hate crime against himself to move on from the scandal.

“The outrage over the Jussie Smollett case is misplaced and out of proportion,” saidJackson. “It is being used from City Hall to the White House to deflect and distract from City Hall to the White House. It is fake news.”

“The voices that are crying out the loudest seem to have only recently found their sense of righteous indignation,” he continued.