he is the lawyer who represented former covington student nicholas sandmann. he recorded her current settles a number of suits in the aftermath of that controversy including one against cnn. shannon: we also heard from former president trump in an interview with laurie incomparable can you tell us about that. that came hours after the president had a the former president had a written statement. congratulating kyle rittenhouse for writing not guilty saying if that s not self-defense, nothing is. he weighed in on the ingraham angle. if you re talking about innocence based on self defense, this was the poster boy. he would have been dead if he had waited a quarter of a second with that gun was pointed at his head pay former president trump speaking with laura. rittenhouse put a face life in prison and be been convicted. some in congress, democrats were
speaking out, asking the doj to take a look at the case, civil cases are still a possibility in this particular circumstance. including a possible defamation case, one that i m sure you just may want to talk about. shannon: i think there is more civil litigation coming possibly on both sides. kevin, thank you. see you in a minute. the media and those on the left making noise after the rittenhouse verdict. journalists jumping to conclusion early on. matt finn takes a look at what they are saying. shannon, msnbc made headlines this week when the rittenhouse trial judge banned the network from the courthouse after one of its producers was stopped by police and suspected of following the jury bus. the producer claimed he was following msnbc instructions to follow the jurors. today after kyle rittenhouse was found not guilty, msnbc posted this headline on its website. kyle rittenhouse trial was designed to protect white
former disgraced governor andrew cuomo also reacted. de blasio tweeting this verdict is disgusting and sent a horrible message of the country. we can t let this go. we need stronger laws to stop violent extremism from within our own nation. and como tweeting today s verdict is a stain on the soul of america and sends an dangerous message about who and what values our justice system was designed to protect. we must stand unified in rejecting supremacist vigilantism and with one voice say this is not who we are. the popular crowdfunding website gofundme as allowing fund-raisers for kyle rittenhouse since he has been acquitted. the website removed fund-raisers for rittenhouse while he was charged with a violent crime. shannon. shannon: matt finn, thank you very much. let s bring into mainstream teen panel to discuss what dominated stephen hayes new cycle and to talk about how we move forward. kevin walling, pastor robert
rittenhouse verdict. the 18-year-old acquitted on all five charges stemming from last year s protest in kenosha, wisconsin. correspondent garrett tenney has been following the developments during this week s jury deliberations and has our final update tonight. shannon, tonight kyle rittenhouse is a free man after the jury found him not guilty of all five charges against him. the 18-year-old who was facing life in prison was overcome with emotion as the jury s decision was read in court. we, the jury, find the defendant kyle h rittenhouse not guilty. after the verdict, officers quickly escorted rittenhouse and his family from the courtroom for their own safety. his attorneys have the young man is now far away from the area and while they are pleased with the trials out, they said no one in this case walks away a winner, including their client. he s in counseling for ptsd. so he doesn t sleep at night. i think eventually some
white supremacist? peter, i m not going to speak to anything about an ongoing trial. nor the president s past comments. what i can reiterate for you is the president s view that we shouldn t have broadly speaking vigilantes patrolling our communities with assault weapons. the president has spoken to it already. kyle rittenhouse s mom is saying that the president defamed her son. she claims that when the president suggested her son was a white supremacist, he was doing that to win votes. is that what happened? i have nothing more to speak to an ongoing case were closing arguments were just made. a wise decision by jen psaki in good work by peter doocy. rittenhouse could potentially have a defamation case against the president over a tweet suggesting that he was somehow a white premises. that according to todd mcmurtry.