Kyle Rittenhouse will appear on Fox News' 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' as part of a documentary Monday

Michie said:

After he was acquitted on all charges in the Kenosha shootings, Kyle Rittenhouse will take his story to Fox News and Tucker Carlson.

While America was watching the high-profile trial inside the courtroom over the last three weeks, behind the scenes, there's been a film crew from Fox News documenting Rittenhouse and his defense team.

The 18-year-old and his representatives gave Carlson and his team access for a documentary. However, Rittenhouse's lead defense attorney, Mark Richards, said he did not approve of the documentary and called it "a definite distraction."

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Poor kid. I wouldn't want anything to with the media after this.

Hopefully, he will stay safe and unmolested by 'haters'

Michie said:

After he was acquitted on all charges in the Kenosha shootings, Kyle Rittenhouse will take his story to Fox News and Tucker Carlson.

While America was watching the high-profile trial inside the courtroom over the last three weeks, behind the scenes, there's been a film crew from Fox News documenting Rittenhouse and his defense team.

The 18-year-old and his representatives gave Carlson and his team access for a documentary. However, Rittenhouse's lead defense attorney, Mark Richards, said he did not approve of the documentary and called it "a definite distraction."

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Kyle Rittenhouse to go on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' on Fox News Monday

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I must say, this might start to suck really soon. Giving statements to the media might not be ideal for him. Maybe I am too skeptical but various people have been trying to use him for their media purposes for a year now. Each time to his detriment. Even his lawyers (different ones) were apparently trying to use him. Fox News / Tucker had a video that could have been pivotal to the trial and it is unclear if they kept it from his defense. He does have another legal battle soon (the 2 million) and, then, almost guaranteed, a bunch of civil lawsuits against him. There's a chance, not great, but not zero, he might win a few defamation lawsuits himself if he plays it right.

Stupid stuff he did after the shooting (interview with Washington Post, a photo op with the Proud Boys etc.) almost came back to haunt him in court. And it only would have taken a slightly leftist judge to allow that in and then... who knows? I really hope he secured a good civil attorney now, that's all I'm saying, one who doesn't try to milk his moment of fame.

I am also very unsure it is appropriate to make him into a symbol of anything in particular. I do not believe he is a hero of any sort. I think there are big bad villains his case exposed before and during the trial and they keep exposing themselves (just take a look at Twitter). So, I genuinely do not know... If putting him out there helps fighting these villains OK. If it's just another ratings gimmick, maybe not so.

[Disclaimer: I was rooting for him starting on August 28-30, 2020 (when all the evidence and testimony ultimately presented at trial already was widely available and anyone could see it on YouTube). This was after he was indicted. On the day of indictment, the record shows, according to the detectives themselves, they did not have any real facts about what had happened. Going forward after the facts were known and were unequivocally exonerating, might be interpreted as prosecutorial misconduct. I do not know this as a fact, but the goal now would be to have this investigated.]

For reference, these legal villains are everywhere.

Just asking for trouble again. He hasn't had enough trauma?

I think Tucker Carlson will be gentle on the kid and allow him to tell his story.

I am sure lawyers have been in touch and law suites against various media outlets will soon follow.

I think it'll be fine. First, Fox News and Tucker specifically have been some of the only ones acknowledging the evidence in the trial and agreeing that the verdict was just. Second, I imagine his lawyers have been coaching him for media appearances anyway. Even though the trial is over, and the truth won out, as a young kid he could still misspeak and that would give mainstream outlets fodder to subsist on for the next six weeks.

I just hope he minimizes the number of appearances he makes to maybe 1-2, fewer chances for something to go wrong that way.

Beyond just the media, I really hope he's able to find a place to live where he can put all of this behind him when he's ready. Right now I hope he's gearing up to sue CNN, MSNBC and Joe Biden into bankruptcy but after that's over I hope there's somewhere he can live in peace.

I know Nick Sandmann says he still receives death threats, and having a career may be harder because any prospective employer may not want the publicity of hiring someone with his notoriety. Not that he needs to work, he's set for life, but just because he has money now doesn't mean he doesn't want to do something and that may not be an option for him now because of the risk he carries.

I hope so. One has to take into account the possibility of a federal charge now for the same offenses.

Which should be extremely disturbing for anyone who is paying attention.

Fenwick said:

I think it'll be fine. First, Fox News and Tucker specifically have been some of the only ones acknowledging the evidence in the trial and agreeing that the verdict was just. Second, I imagine his lawyers have been coaching him for media appearances anyway. Even though the trial is over, and the truth won out, as a young kid he could still misspeak and that would give mainstream outlets fodder to subsist on for the next six weeks.

I just hope he minimizes the number of appearances he makes to maybe 1-2, fewer chances for something to go wrong that way.

Beyond just the media, I really hope he's able to find a place to live where he can put all of this behind him when he's ready. Right now I hope he's gearing up to sue CNN, MSNBC and Joe Biden into bankruptcy but after that's over I hope there's somewhere he can live in peace.

I know Nick Sandmann says he still receives death threats, and having a career may be harder because any prospective employer may not want the publicity of hiring someone with his notoriety. Not that he needs to work, he's set for life, but just because he has money now doesn't mean he doesn't want to do something and that may not be an option for him now because of the risk he carries.

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I believe I remember that he was telling people before the whole thing happened that he wanted to be a nurse, and based on the interview with one of those on the defense team, he still has that goal. It would also help to explain why he was so eager to provide some medical assistance to people at the riot.

bekkilyn said:

I believe I remember that he was telling people before the whole thing happened that he wanted to be a nurse, and based on the interview with one of those on the defense team, he still has that goal. It would also help to explain why he was so eager to provide some medical assistance to people at the riot.

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If he relocates to a red state he might have a future doing something along those lines with a reasonable hope of not being harassed. Otherwise I fear either he won't be hired or if he is, he could get a lot of trouble from patients and the general public.

Andrei D said:

I must say, this might start to suck really soon. Giving statements to the media might not be ideal for him. Maybe I am too skeptical but various people have been trying to use him for their media purposes for a year now. Each time to his detriment. Even his lawyers (different ones) were apparently trying to use him. Fox News / Tucker had a video that could have been pivotal to the trial and it is unclear if they kept it from his defense. He does have another legal battle soon (the 2 million) and, then, almost guaranteed, a bunch of civil lawsuits against him. There's a chance, not great, but not zero, he might win a few defamation lawsuits himself if he plays it right.

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I might be wrong, but in the trial it was brought up that the drone coverage of the first shooting was sent to the prosecution by the Tucker Carlson show and that was how they found out it existed. As far as his making the documentary, it could be a way to recoup his defense costs. Let's hope that is all it is.

I watched the interview and I was a little surprised . Kyle Rittenhouse was far more articulate then I thought he would be. He came across as a very sensitive and thoughtful young man. I learned how disturbingly deceitful the media was in this whole story.
I pray that he can find peace and safety amidst the hatred that surrounds him.

eastcoast_bsc said:

I watched the interview and I was a little surprised . Kyle Rittenhouse was far more articulate then I thought he would be. He came across as a very sensitive and thoughtful young man. I learned how disturbingly deceitful the media was in this whole story.
I pray that he can find peace and safety amidst the hatred that surrounds him.

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I knew the media was awful, but the sheer amount of outright lies that they spread and continue to spread after the truth has come out and is provable beyond any doubt is even shocking to me. I knew they were bad, but hadn't realized they were this bad. Here we had criminals attempting to murder a teenager but it's the criminals they support and continue to support, and it's an industrious young man who (perhaps unwisely or naively) wanted to do some good for HIS community that was in the process of being destroyed. I can understand the pre-judgment because that's how people are, but now? I don't understand it and probably never will.

Nevertheless, it's not just the media. And for the media, there may be a bland excuse: they are corporate entities, we don't expect them to care about truth or justice, we expect them to (and even hold them legally accountable if they don't) care only for monetary gain.

We cannot ignore and must never forget the liars who matter most: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Jerry Nadler, mayor De Blasio, even Gov. Tony Evers, and a huge list of Democratic senators and representatives, and a number of public figures from sports and entertainment, too long to even consider. Someone should make that list and check it twice. Make sure that their purposefully inflammatory lies follow them forever in their political future.

But for me, the top of this list, the greatest disappointment and the greatest source of despair is the ACLU.

The ACLU displayed such dishonesty (versus complete, absolute ignorance of facts, but that would be equally unacceptable), such disinterest in due process and fundamental freedoms, such hatred, such interest in promoting divisiveness and usurping the rule of law that they no longer should have the right to their own name!

Andrei D said:

Nevertheless, it's not just the media. And for the media, there may be a bland excuse: they are corporate entities, we don't expect them to care about truth or justice, we expect them to (and even hold them legally accountable if they don't) care only for monetary gain.

We cannot ignore and must never forget the liars who matter most: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Jerry Nadler, mayor De Blasio, even Gov. Tony Evers, and a huge list of Democratic senators and representatives, and a number of public figures from sports and entertainment, too long to even consider. Someone should make that list and check it twice. Make sure that their purposefully inflammatory lies follow them forever in their political future.

But for me, the top of this list, the greatest disappointment and the greatest sources of despair is the ACLU.

The ACLU displayed such dishonesty (versus complete, absolute ignorance of facts, but that would be equally unacceptable), such disinterest in due process and fundamental freedoms, such hatred, such interest in promoting divisiveness and usurping the rule of law that they no longer should have the right to their own name!

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I agree with everything you've said here, but especially about the ACLU. I am so disappointed in this organization. In the past, I thought they were a good organization, helping those who were disadvantaged and trying to make things more fair, but everything I hear about them nowadays is horrible and hateful, not just because of this trial, but they are full-blown anti-woman too. In fact, it seems they are practically anti- anything that is good. There are a lot of such organizations I used to respect in the past (even if I didn't always agree with everything about them) that have toppled far from what they used to be.