Kyle Rittenhouse is now a free man, but he’s far from leaving the spotlight.
Tucker Carlson, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson announced Friday that a Fox Nation crew was filming for Tucker Carlson Original. The documentary will be available on Fox News Channel in December. Rittenhouse will be hosting the interview with him Monday night on Fox News Channel Primetime. This is his first television interview since his not guilty verdict.
Mark Richards (Rittenhouse’s lawyer), however, is not. toldCNN said that he “did not approve” of Rittenhouse’s film crew’s presence during Rittenhouse’s trial and that he even “threw them out the room many times.”
He said that he didn’t believe a movie crew was appropriate to film something like this. However, the people raising money to pay the experts and the lawyers were doing so to make money. I didn’t approve, but it was something that I did.
After a contentious, highly publicized trial that split the country, Rittenhouse (18) was found not guilty of any charges. After being found not guilty of all charges, Rittenhouse smiled as he was taken from Kenosha’s courthouse. Later, he commented that self-defense was not illegal.
Tucker himself referred to the verdict Friday as ‘a wonderful moment,’ praising the jury and insisting ‘all of us should be celebrating.’
It is unclear what kind of influence Rittenhouse had over Carlson, one of America’s most watched cable news anchors and highly respected conservative commentator in the lead up to the trial and whether Rittenhouse was paid.
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Tucker Carlson called the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal a ‘wonderful moment’
Carlson’s crew was present with Rittenhouse after he left the courthouse. The team spoke to Rittenhouse while he drove off from the courthouse. It was for Tucker Carlson Original documentary, which will air December on Fox Nation.
Mark Richards Rittenhouse’s lawyer stated to CNN that he “did not approve” of Rittenhouse’s film crew’s presence during Rittenhouse’s trial. The group even threw Rittenhouse out of the courtroom several times.
‘It’s the stuff that keeps you up at night, like… once you finally do get to sleep, your dreams are about what happened and you’re waking up in a dark, cold sweat,’ Rittenhouse begins in the trailer for the Fox Nation documentary that was posted Friday mere hours after the verdict.
“You had nightmares about what happened?” Rittenhouse is a question that can be asked by anyone.
The teen replies, “Every night,” ‘… “I’m still alive. But what would’ve happened if I was dead? Or what if Mr. [Joseph] Rosenbaum steal my gun?’
Rittenhouse could spend life behind bars if he is convicted of the most serious offense, using an AR style semi-automatic rifle for killing two men (Anthony Huber and Rosenbaum) and injuring a third man, Gaige Grosskreutz.
Rittenhouse states in the trailer that almost every outcome will result in Rittenhouse being seriously hurt, injured, or killed.
“Those are only the dreams that I have every day,” he says. The preview cuts to video of Friday’s verdict.
Rittenhouse can be seen getting out of the courthouse and talking with Carlson’s staff on Friday after his not guilty plea.
He was overcome with emotion and hugged his lawyer as the jury in his double-murder trial cleared him after four days deliberations and several weeks of testimony. At 12:15 on Friday, Kenosha in Wisconsin received the verdict.
Rittenhouse stated to Fox News that the jury had reached the right verdict.
Self-defense is legal. They reached the right verdict.
He added: ‘It’s been a tough journey but we made it through. It was hard, but we made it.
The vindicated teen will sit down with Fox News Channel for his first TV interview on Monday at 8 p.m. Carlson stated that ET is the correct translation.
A portion of the interview will air on that same evening. The rest, however, will air in Tucker Carlson Originals.
Kyle Rittenhouse was immediately taken from the courtroom to an SUV waiting for him after the verdict was announced.
As Rittenhouse drove away from Kenosha’s courthouse, he smiled in his SUV backseat.
Carlson sympathized publicly with Rittenhouse during the past.
He stated that “people in charge of Wisconsin from the governor on down refused enforce the law,” in August 2020.
“They watched Kenosha go up in flames. Are we surprised that arson and looting accelerated to the murder of Kenosha? We are shocked that 17-year olds with rifles decided to keep order where no one else would.
Richards, outside of court Friday, said that Richards was experiencing a “huge relief” at his client’s verdict.
Richards stated that Richards was on his way back and he wanted to continue his life. He has to continue living his life as full and happy as possible.
Because of numerous death threats, the lawyer believed that Rittenhouse’s family would leave the region.
“Kyle has been in therapy for PTSD. He said that he doesn’t go to sleep at night.
Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all five counts Friday afternoon by a jury in the Kenosha County Circuit Court
At 12:15 on Friday, Kenosha in Wisconsin received the verdict. This led to concerns that violence might once more erupt in the area.
Rittenhouse was 18 years old when the first verdict was delivered. Rittenhouse began shaking as he tried to hold back his emotions. However, he couldn’t keep them together any more and he finally gave up and fell asleep in his chair. He then hugged defense lawyer Corey Chirafisi.
After four days and weeks of witness testimony, Rittenhouse (18) collapsed and hugged Chirafisi.
“Eventually, some anonymity will return to him but I doubt he will continue living here,” his lawyer said.
Richards said, “I believe it’s too risky.” Rittenhouse’s security has been following Rittenhouse around the clock, he explained.
Rittenhouse, he said, has been the victim of a number of death threats.
Richards disclosed that Rittenhouse gave testimony in mock trials. The jury response made it clear that Rittenhouse needed to stand.
He stated that the jury proceedings were more lengthy than any other case in which he was involved.
His lawyer stated that Rittenhouse was innocent of the murders and the teenager plans to be a nurse.
Kyle Rittenhouse (pictured above August 25, 2020) was arrested August 26, 2020, in his hometown of Antioch, Illinois and charged with first-degree intentional homicide over the shooting death of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the previous day
Kurz before, Rittenhouse traveled to Kenosha (Wisconsin) armed with an AR-15. There he killed and wounded two protesters. Rittenhouse interviewed right-wing media outlet The Daily Caller.
A rifle was strapped across his back, and the teenager told The Outlet that he was an EMT.
“People are being injured.” Rittenhouse spoke of the militia he was leading at that time, saying: “Our job is protect this business. Part of my job also is to help people.”
‘If there’s somebody hurt, I’m running into harm’s way,’ added Rittenhouse, who was seen earlier guarding a local car shop with a group of armed militia members.
“That’s why my rifle is there to protect me, evidently.” I have also my first aid kit.
Also, he said he’d been “de-escalating” a potentially violent situation in the previous night. He and his vigilante crew then ordered the protestors to flee a church they targeted.
Rittenhouse, armed with his rifle and carrying it across his body, told The Daily Called that he was an EMT certified and was on patrol in Kenosha, providing medical care to any injured people and protecting businesses.
Rittenhouse’s lawyer vented anger at Thomas Binger, the prosecutor after the trial.
“Justice is when truth is found. The truth is what the prosecution should seek. Richards explained that winning is not the goal.
He praised Judge Bruce Schroeder and said he presided over an ‘fair trial’.
He gave him a fair trial for you as a defendant, but you don’t want him sentence your client’s case,’ he stated, referring to his history of giving harsh sentences.
“If we lost, we all know the outcome. He would have been sentenced to life imprisonment. We applied for a fair trial, and were granted one.
He said that Rittenhouse was allowed to choose from a tumbler jurors to become alternates.
Binger made it very clear that he wouldn’t comment on the verdict of the case earlier in the week.
However, his boss, Kenosha County Sheriff Mike Graveley released a statement that said: “We respect the jury verdict, based on three-and-a-half days of careful deliberations.
“Certainly, questions regarding self-defense are highly contentious today.”
Graveley also appealed for calm. ‘We ask all members of public to accept the verdicts peacefully, and not resorting to violence.
Wendy Rittenhouse was Rittenhouse’s mother and she was there in public gallery.
Evidently disappointed, Thomas Binger, the prosecutor in the case, slumped in his chair and looked up at the ceiling. He then sighed as the verdict was read.
Watch as Judge Bruce Schroeder listens to Tami Mielcarek, Judicial Assistant, reads verdicts during Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel., Rittenhouse was attacked during 2020 summertime Riots. This happened two days after Jacob Blake, an African-American man, was killed when officers tried to respond to “family trouble” at 5.15 p.m. on August 23.
Kenosha felt again at risk Friday, as both protesters and supporters gathered on the steps of the courthouse after the verdict.
This verdict is the dramatic conclusion to a lengthy trial, which was marred by controversy and drama that threatened to derail proceedings multiple times.
On Friday, President Joe Biden declared that he stood by the jury verdict. Republicans demanded that he apologise for calling Kenosha shooter white supremacist after the shootings.
I stand beside the jury, as long as it has ended. Biden stated that the jury system is working and that he must abide by it. He was returning from Walter Reed Medical Center where he underwent a routine physical.
He stated that he only heard the verdict “a moment ago”, and added that he had not seen the trial. The trial featured dramatic clashes among the defense and prosecution attorneys, and witness testimony by the teenage accused in an episode that was covered on cable news.
Republican lawmakers, along with other officials, demand that Biden apologize for his links to white supremacists when he ran for president.
Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton stated in a statement that Joe Biden must publicly apologize for the offenses committed against Kyle Rittenhouse immediately following the verdict.
Rittenhouse’s former classmates claim that Rittenhouse was an angry student at Lakes Community High School before his fame.
Rittenhouse’s former classmates claimed that Rittenhouse was already a fiery student at Lakes Community High School when he first gained fame.
‘When he got mad or offended he would always say he could “f***me up,” but everyone would just laugh because he was like a 5-foot-4 chubby freshman boy who we thought wasn’t capable of harm,’ a student told Vice right after the shooting in August 2020.
Others told the outlet Rittenhouse liked guns, police and former President Donald Trump. Rittenhouse also enjoyed triggering the libs.
Rittenhouse, who was born to Wendy and Mike Rittenhouse on January 3, 2000, was brought up in broken homes after his parents split.
Wendy Rittenhouse is a single mother with three kids. The family struggled financially and was repeatedly evicted, The New Yorker reported.
In 2018, she filed for bankruptcy and was admitted to hospital with a stomach bleed. Her son then found work as a fry chef and janitor in order to help the family financially.
Rittenhouse has previously been a part of a youth cadet programme in public safety.
When he was in ninth grade, the aspiring first responder joined an ‘explorers program’ at the Grayslake Police Department in Illinois, which the local police chief said was meant to ‘teach self-discipline, responsibility and other appropriate life lessons to troubled teens,’ the magazine reported.
The Antioch Fire Department also had him enroll in the cadet program. Chief Jon Cokefair explained to The New Yorker, ‘Most kids doing this don’t do football. They’re not cheerleaders. They are focusing on this.
Rittenhouse, according to all reports, seemed to be a fan of the police.
The Facebook page of Rittenhouse before it was deleted reflected his admiration for law enforcement and was heavily praised on social media.
Rittenhouse used Facebook to praise law enforcement and make references to Blue Lives Matter (the movement that supports police).
Kyle can be seen in a photo posted by his mom wearing a blue uniform for law enforcement and a brimmed cap like state troopers.
According to records, his mother claimed that a classmate had called him dumb and stupid in January 2017 and threatened him while she tried to get protection from the police.
Rittenhouse was identified by court papers as a Lindenhurst YMCA lifeguard.
Rittenhouse was front row, in January 2020 at the Trump rally in Des Moines (Iowa).