They are just 3 weeks from the season premiere and they have huge investments to protect. If they give any indication right now that they are not on Jussie's side, they run the risk of sponsors dropping out so as not to waste money on a show that most definitely will lose viewership if its own network agrees that one of their own committed serious fraud against our country and the communities that the show tries to promote. No sponsor will want to be a part of that; enough of them back out and FOX won't be able to afford to keep the show on the air.