Left: Kyle Rittenhouse walks during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., November 19, 2021. Right: Then–President Donald Trump departs the White House, January 12, 2021. (Sean Krajacic, Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Kyle Rittenhouse met with former President Trump
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Psaki Defends Biden Campaign Video Labeling Rittenhouse ‘White Supremacist’
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., October 27, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday again avoided saying whether President Biden would ever apologize
Rittenhouse Blasts Media Coverage of His Case following Not-Guilty Verdicts
Kyle Rittenhouse looks on during testimony at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., November 11, 2021. (Mark Hertzberg/Pool via Reuters) Kyle Rittenhouse criticized media coverage of his detention and trial in a wide-ranging interview on Fox News’s Tucker Carlson
Kyle Rittenhouse lawyer slams GOP pols for offering teen DC job
The lawyer for acquitted Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse says it’s “disgusting” that some pols have offered the teen a job on Capitol Hill. Defense lawyer Mark Richards says the Congress members are only trying to cash in on the teenager’s
Cotton Demands Biden ‘Publicly Apologize’ for Calling Kyle Rittenhouse a White Supremacist
Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing in Washington, D.C., May 5, 2020. (Andrew Harnik/Reuters) Republican Senator Tom Cotton (Ark.) demanded President Biden “publicly apologize” to Kyle Rittenhouse for characterizing him as a “white
Fox’s Tucker Carlson gets exclusive access to Kyle Rittenhouse and his defense team during trial
Fox’s biggest star, Tucker Carlson, secured exclusive access to Rittenhouse and members of his defense team during the trial. The arrangement was not revealed until after the not-guilty verdict was handed down on Friday. Carlson shared a promo video on
Rittenhouse verdict reactions range from ‘devastating’ to ‘justice’
As Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty Friday on all charges against him, including intentional homicide, emotions rippled across the nation and the world. The verdict unleashed debates across the country; some people were outraged over the lack of justice, citing the role
Biden says he’s angry and concerned over Rittenhouse acquittal for Kenosha killings, but ‘we have to abide by it’
President Joe Biden said Friday that he and many other Americans feel “angry and concerned” about the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse for killing two men and wounding a third man— but also said that people have to “abide by” the
Harris: Rittenhouse Verdict Shows ‘There’s a Lot More Work to Do’ to Make Justice System ‘More Equitable’
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to American and French reporters during a press conference in Paris, France, November 12, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/Pool via Reuters) Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday said Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal is evidence that the criminal justice
Rittenhouse Jury Gets It Right
Kyle Rittenhouse waits for the judge before the jury is relieved for the day during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., November 18, 2021. (Sean Krajacic/Pool via Reuters) Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges in
Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty on All Charges
Kyle Rittenhouse waits for his trial to begin for the day at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., November 10, 2021. (Sean Krajacic/Pool via Reuters) Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges after after shooting three people,
Rittenhouse Judge Blasts Media’s ‘Grossly Irresponsible’ Coverage of Trial, Says He Will Consider Not Televising Future Trials
Judge Bruce Schroeder, who is overseeing the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial, slammed the media on Wednesday for its “grossly irresponsible” coverage of the proceedings as the jury deliberated for a second day. “Not fully, but in part because of grossly
No, Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Are Not ‘Strikingly Similar’
A recent New York Times story compares the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse with that of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers, asserting that they are “strikingly similar stories: men took up guns in the name of protecting the public and when they wound
What to Watch for in the Kyle Rittenhouse Deliberations
It is always this way with high-profile trials: They grip our attention for a few days, then a sense of frenzied boredom sets in if the jury takes a few days to decide the case. That is usually what happens.
Kyle Rittenhouse Is What You Get When You Defund the Police
Who is to blame for that fateful night in Kenosha? Kyle Rittenhouse should not have been in Kenosha that night. He is no hero. That doesn’t make him a murderer, but it does mean that he bears some of the responsibility for what