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The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports:
The defense rested its case Thursday at the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, setting the stage for closing arguments in the shootings that left Americans divided over whether he was a patriot taking a stand against lawlessness or a vigilante.
The defense and prosecution asked the judge to hold closing arguments on Monday, and he said he would take it under consideration.
Rittenhouse’s lawyers completed their side of the case on Day 9 of the trial, a day after the 18-year-old Rittenhouse told the jury he was defending himself from attack and had no choice when he used his rifle to kill two men and wound a third on the streets of Kenosha in the summer of 2020.
The defense in the Rittenhouse trial has called Drew Hernandez, who is part of the infamous “Riot Squad”, a group of eight right-wing propagandists who deceptively edit videos to smear BLM.
Hernandez was profiled by @RobertMackey in @TheIntercept. ??https://t.co/fGiGX2tjRm https://t.co/SWzGGY2lkg pic.twitter.com/UAjO6puV7H
— Chad Loder (they/them) (@chadloder) November 11, 2021
Key witness for the Rittenhouse defense Drew Hernandez attended the Jan 6th Capitol riot.
Shortly before Jan 6th. Drew Hernandez called for “bloodshed” and a “second civil war” at a rally with J6 organizer Ali Alexander. pic.twitter.com/Pwuk94xKzF
— Chad Loder (they/them) (@chadloder) November 11, 2021
Here, we learn on cross-examination in the Rittenhouse trial, that the defense witness “journalist” happens to work for Steve Bannon’s ‘Real America’s Voice.’ Judge Schroeder won’t allow him to be asked about that though because, “This is not a political trial.” pic.twitter.com/ctT3lfoDsc
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 11, 2021
At the Kyle Rittenhouse trial this morning, the judge asked, given that it’s Veterans Day, if there were any veterans in the room.
The only one appeared to be Rittenhouse’s next witness, a use of force expert. So the judge asked everyone in the court to applaud for veterans. pic.twitter.com/LmjAuu5Vzj
— Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs (@NickAtNews) November 11, 2021
This week at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial, Judge Schroeder:
– Told court to applaud a defense witness for being a veteran
– Rejected video of Rittenhouse shooting victim, claiming zoom may distort image
– Forgot to silence his phone; song used at Trump rallies played as his ringtone pic.twitter.com/BMpHl1ABmz— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 11, 2021