Kyle Rittenhouse reveals his message to Biden
Days after jurors in Wisconsin found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty in a closely-watched homicide trial, the 18-year-old criticized pundits and politicians — including President Joe Biden — for how they discussed his case, part of a lengthy Monday night interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
He told Carlson commentators have spread “lies” about his case and unfairly cast him as a racist, and he said he supports the Black Lives Matter movement and the right to peacefully protest.Twitter video urging then-President Donald Trump to “disavow white supremacists” — an insinuation Rittenhouse called “actual malice, defaming my character.”
He also criticized his former lawyers Lin Wood and John Pierce, claiming he was “taken advantage [of]” and “used for a cause”: Rittenhouse said the two attorneys — who left his case — allowed him to stay in pretrial jail for longer than necessary, set up media interviews he thinks were unwise and inaccurately implied he was a militia member.“This case has nothing to do with race. It never had anything to do with race,” Rittenhouse said. “It had to do with the right to self-defense.
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