Chicago PD has now confirmed to CBS:

Jussie Smollett told them his attackers beat him, put a rope around his neck, poured a chemical substance on him, yelled racist and homophobic slurs, and told him it’s a “#MAGA country.”https://t.co/rB3x4UvlHL pic.twitter.com/rFSbWU6WGV

— Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) January 30, 2019