Letter containing white powder sent to 'Empire' set days before Jussie Smollett attack

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Investigators have been looking into whether Trump himself had advance knowledge that his son, son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chair Paul Manafort met with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN has learned that Senate investigators have obtained information showing Donald Trump Jr.’s phone calls ahead of the 2016 Trump Tower meeting were not with his father, but between Trump Jr. and two of his business associates. Investigators have been looking into whether Trump himself had advance knowledge that his son, son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chair Paul Manafort met with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton.”,“title”:”Temperature in Chicago drops to record-breaking low”,”duration”:”01:21″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/weather/2019/01/31/thursday-winter-weather-sot-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”weather/2019/01/31/thursday-winter-weather-sot-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190130210835-001-winter-weather-new-york-01302019-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/weather/2019/01/31/thursday-winter-weather-sot-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/”,”description”:”At the peak of this week’s extreme weather, about 224 million people across the country were hit with below-freezing temperatures.”,”descriptionText”:”At the peak of this week’s extreme weather, about 224 million people across the country were hit with below-freezing temperatures.”,“title”:”Dementia patient locked out of care facility, says daughter”,”duration”:”01:38″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/world/2019/01/31/california-long-beach-alzheimers-care-patient-ek-lon-orig.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”world/2019/01/31/california-long-beach-alzheimers-care-patient-ek-lon-orig.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190131150449-savina-genoese-zerbi-california-long-beach-alzheimer-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/world/2019/01/31/california-long-beach-alzheimers-care-patient-ek-lon-orig.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/”,”description”:”Costanza Genoese Zerbi said her 84-year-old mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease, was left alone outside a locked assisted living facility in the middle of the night.”,”descriptionText”:”Costanza Genoese Zerbi said her 84-year-old mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease, was left alone outside a locked assisted living facility in the middle of the night.”,“title”:”Chris Christie knocks Jared Kushner’s dad in interview”,”duration”:”02:13″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2019/01/30/matt-katz-intv-chris-christie-jared-kushner-dad-crime-loathsome-pbs-sot-nr-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2019/01/30/matt-katz-intv-chris-christie-jared-kushner-dad-crime-loathsome-pbs-sot-nr-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/161116162837-charles-kushner-chris-christie-split-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2019/01/30/matt-katz-intv-chris-christie-jared-kushner-dad-crime-loathsome-pbs-sot-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/”,”description”:”In an interview with CNN’s Erica Hill, author Matt Katz talks about the troubled relationship Chris Christie has with Jared Kushner after PBS aired an interview where Christie said Kushner’s father was behind one of the most “loathsome” crimes he’d prosecuted. “,”descriptionText”:”In an interview with CNN’s Erica Hill, author Matt Katz talks about the troubled relationship Chris Christie has with Jared Kushner after PBS aired an interview where Christie said Kushner’s father was behind one of the most “loathsome” crimes he’d prosecuted. “,“title”:”Sources: Trump singled out Coats in morning rant”,”duration”:”02:03″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2019/01/31/trump-rant-dan-coats-intelligence-collins-ac360-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2019/01/31/trump-rant-dan-coats-intelligence-collins-ac360-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190130204423-trump-rant-dan-coats-intelligence-collins-ac360-vpx-00002603-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2019/01/31/trump-rant-dan-coats-intelligence-collins-ac360-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/”,”description”:”After President Donald Trump attacked top intelligence officials on Twitter, new details emerge about how the antagonism played out in private. 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(CNN)A letter containing a white powder was sent to the Chicago set of “Empire” days before one of the show’s stars, Jussie Smollett, was allegedly attacked by two men on January 29.

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