The latest development in the Jussie Smollett attack

According to two federal officials, the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating whether Smollett played a role in sending a threatening letter before the alleged attack. READ MORE: https://abcn.ws/2XcNvnC Feds investigating whether Jussie Smollett played a role in sending threatening letter sent to 'Empire' studios addressed to him Smollett, who portrays a gay musician on Fox's "Empire," said the attack happened on Jan. 29 at around 2 a.m. as he was leaving a Subway restaurant in Chicago. He told police that two attackers got his attention by yelling racial and homophobic slurs at him and then put a noose around his neck and poured an unknown substance, likely bleach, on him, according to an initial police incident report.