“(Wood) thinks he’s God,” Rittenhouse said. In the interview, Rittenhouse called Wood “insane” and said he was fired in part because he believed in QAnon conspiracies. That night, Rittenhouse and the three men he shot were in Kenosha during protests after police shot Jacob Blake, a Black man. 25, 2020 scene that the jury found entitled Rittenhouse to lethal self-defense. Rittenhouse, 18, was charged in the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and for wounding Gaige Grosskreutz, now 27. 19, the day Rittenhouse was acquitted, Pierce released a statement saying he was “so proud of Kyle” and “incredibly proud of the work that I did in the initial months of the case.” Wood said he had nothing to do with arranging security for Rittenhouse and didn’t know what the Proud Boys were. Unanswered questions in Rittenhouse trial He said David Hanckock, the Rittenhouse family spokesperson, “handled the organization and selection of security personnel.” Wednesday, Pierce told NewsNation he was not at the event where the pictures were taken at. (Courtesy of Kenosha County District Attorney via AP)Įarlier this year, prosecutors were using photos of Rittenhouse’s interaction at the bar that day as proof of their claim that he was in Kenosha, Wisconsin, answering a call from white supremacists. Rittenhouse’s shirt and the face of the man posing with him were redacted by the source. Prosecutors presented this photo and others as evidence of Rittenhouse consorting with white supremacists, citing the use of the “OK” sign, which has been co-opted as a sign of “white power.” Rittenhouse’s attorney said he is not and has never been a member of a white supremacist group. 5, 2021, the day he was arraigned on charges related to the killing of two people at an August protest in Kenosha. In this image from video provided by the Kenosha County District Attorney, Kyle Rittenhouse poses for a photo at Pudgy’s Pub in Mount Pleasant, Wis., on Jan.
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