Best part about this story is he refused to give up his phone, and supplied his "call logs" to the police in a spreadsheet. The list was heavily redacted. But the cops already had his call history from his provider -- they had a subpoena. So they just compared the two lists and looked at the calls Smollett deleted. He showed them exactly where to look.
They have a mountain of other evidence against this clown. He's going to jail.
The only way this could get better is if he flips on Kamala Harris.