Tag Archives: Kyle Rittenhouse

Florida Politics reports: Deputies from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office executed a court order at Gulf Coast Gun in Milton, confiscating portions of business’ inventory as part of a legal matter between the shop’s owner and another company. Circuit Judge James Duncan ordered inventory from the shop to be seized as collateral for a loan Gulf Coast Gun owner …

Rolling Stone reports: Bands have dropped off the bill of a metal festival taking place later this month in Orlando after it was announced that Kyle Rittenhouse would appear as a special guest. The exodus from Shell Shock II — a charity fest raising money and awareness for veterans and first responders with PTSD — began earlier this week, starting …

Law & Crime reports: Kyle Rittenhouse’s former bodyguard and spokesperson feels the 17-year-old might never have been acquitted of killing two people and seriously injuring another if the jury knew then what he knows now. “When the world finds out everything that happened in this case and with Kyle, it’ll be shocking. It’s breathtaking,” Dave Hancock said in an interview …

“Over the past 12 hours, I’ve had a series of productive conversations with members of the Trump’s team and I am confident he will be the strong ally gun owners need to defend our Second Amendment rights. My comments made last night were ill-informed and unproductive. I’m 100% behind Donald Trump and encourage every gun owner to join me in …

Mediaite reports: MAGA influencers on social media raged at Kyle Rittenhouse on Friday after he announced he will not vote for Donald Trump in the November election. Rittenhouse, who became a right wing icon after he shot dead two men during the racial unrest in Wisconsin in August 2020, said he will not vote for Trump because of his “bad” …

Newsweek reports: Kyle Rittenhouse’s sister Faith is seeking $3,000 on a crowdfunding website in a bid to prevent the eviction of herself and her mother Wendy from their home, citing her “brother’s unwillingness to provide or contribute to our family.” As of 3 a.m. ET on Friday the fundraiser had received $1,920 of the requested $3,000 from 37 separate donations. …

USA Today reports: Kyle Rittenhouse is selling books, and ostensibly promoting the right to bear arms on campus, but he’s also trying to persuade young people to join the conservative movement. The key group behind the appearances, Turning Point USA, is led by the self-described “youth director” of President Donald Trump’s first campaign and a key ally rallying votes for …

Crooks & Liars reports: David Hancock was the spokesman for Killer Kyle Rittenhouse and his family during Killer Kyle’s criminal proceedings three years ago. At the time, Hancock was laying it on as thickly as anyone, trying to portray Killer Kyle as a poor innocent waif of a boy just trying to do the right thing and who just wanted …

Memphis’s Fox affiliate reports: A controversy on campus weeks in the works is now over. Kyle Rittenhouse made his appearance at the University of Memphis (UofM) on Wednesday, March 21, 2024, and the event was derailed by outraged students. The UofM said Rittenhouse had the room booked from 7-9 p.m. but attendees there said that just before 8 p.m., his …

The Texas Tribune reports: In a July 23 filing with the Texas secretary of state’s office, he described “The Rittenhouse Foundation” as a nonprofit that “protects human and civil rights secured by law, including an individual’s inalienable right to bear arms” and “ensures the Second Amendment is preserved through education and legal assistance.” The foundation’s directors are Rittenhouse, Texas Gun …

The Daily Beast reports: Kyle Rittenhouse became a GOP celebrity when he got away with killing two unarmed protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, almost three years ago. But the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee in Idaho sunk to a ghoulish new low this weekend with a fundraiser that underscored the right’s sickening obsession with firearms. “TRIGGER TIME WITH KYLE RITTENHOUSE,” read …

“Perry is behind bars tonight, but the governor has instructed the pardons board to work on an expedited review. That’s required by law in Texas in order for a pardon to occur. But he is pardoning this man. That is obviously the right thing to do. George Soros can’t pay for people to put his political opponents in jail and …

Newsweek reports: Kyle Rittenhouse has used an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show to request donations to his legal fund. He faces lawsuits from a man he shot and injured, as well as from the father of one of the two men he killed. “If you win in court, you’re acquitted–rightfully so. They’re going to take you to civil …

The Associated Press reports: Attorneys for a man shot and injured by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 are asking a federal judge to give them more time to serve Rittenhouse with a civil lawsuit, alleging that he is purposefully trying to evade them. Attorneys and private investigators for Anthony Huber spent over 100 hours trying to locate Rittenhouse, …

Fox News reports: A man who was shot in the arm by Kyle Rittenhouse during the Kenosha riots in 2020 has filed a lawsuit against Rittenhouse and Wisconsin police and officials, Fox News Digital has learned. Gaige Grosskreutz, who testified he pointed a firearm at Rittenhouse before the then-teenager shot Grosskreutz and two others, is seeking economic losses, “damages for …

PBS NewsHour reports: A federal judge in Wisconsin on Wednesday ruled that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others. The father of Anthony Huber, one of two men shot and killed by Rittenhouse, filed the lawsuit in …

The Texas Tribune reports: The “Rally against Censorship” featuring Kyle Rittenhouse has found a new venue in Conroe, days after a local brewery pulled out of the event. The Jan. 26 event will now be held at the Lone Star Convention and Expo Center, a Montgomery County-owned facility. Rittenhouse has emerged as something of a conservative icon, building a minor …

Las Vegas’s Fox affiliate reports: An event that was being promoted as a “private reception” with Kyle Rittenhouse will not take place at the Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip, according to a statement provided to FOX5. According to a flyer for the event that was shared by Rittenhouse on Twitter, the gathering was to be held Wednesday night at …

The Texas Tribune reports: A Conroe brewery says it’s been inundated with harassment and some threats after announcing Friday that it would no longer allow a “rally against censorship” featuring Kyle Rittenhouse to be held there later this month. “It’s been kind of a shitstorm,” Southern Star Brewery CEO Dave Fougeron said. “But now I’m more certain than ever that …

The Texas Tribune reports: A Conroe brewery said Friday that it has canceled an upcoming “Rally Against Censorship” featuring Kyle Rittenhouse, who was famously acquitted of fatally shooting two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. The Jan. 26 event was also set to include a leader of TEXIT, a group that advocates for Texas …