Sunday on his MSNBC show, PoliticsNation, Al Sharpton called on Empire actor Jussie Smollett to face accountability to the maximum if he staged a hate crime that he could blame on white President Donald Trump supporters to show they are homophobic and racist. Sharpton pointed out his reaction to the story when it first came out when he said the perpetrators should suffer the maximum, saying Smollett should do the same if he created the hoax.