Two Nigerian brothers, who were taken into custody as his attackers, claimed that Smollett STAGED his own attack by paying them to fake the attack...

Smollett claimed it was two white guys who yelled a comment about it being MAGA country as they beat him up.

Strangely, both guys are black, not white. There's also no video of the attack in spite of their being cameras all over the place. The rope around his neck was purchased at a local hardware store that Smollett directed them to go to.

WHY would he DO something like that ?? He's just destroyed his own career and turned himself into a joke.