Jessica Mcbride

Kenosha prosecutor Thomas Binger continued his bizarre approach on Wednesday in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, playing video after video that showed Rittenhouse being chased and attacked before opening fire. Binger only served to prove anew how lawless and dangerous the riots were in Kenosha the night that Rittenhouse shot three people. Indeed, Assistant District Attorney Binger helped make the case for self defense, which continues a pattern that's been present throughout the trial. The Kenosha County DA's office decision to charge Rittenhouse, 18, with homicide does not align with the facts. That the charges don't fit Rittenhouse's actions (especially the first-degree intentional homicide count) was clear from the start to anyone who had watched the videos that were already public. The trial is only reinforcing it. It's almost painful listening to Binger present testimony that builds the case for acquittal. But it is revealing. In fact, a key prosecution witness,...

Richie McGinniss, the Daily Caller video editor who was running behind Joseph Rosenbaum when Kyle Rittenhouse shot Rosenbaum, testified in court on Nov. 4, 2021, that Rosenbaum "lunged" for Rittenhouse's gun and "threw his momentum toward the weapon," bolstering the defendant's self-defense argument and blowing a major hole in the state's case. "It was very clear to me that he (Rosenbaum) was reaching specifically for the weapon because that’s where his hands went," McGinniss testified. He then stood up in the courtroom, putting both of his hands out, and demonstrated the lunge. He said Rosenbaum was in an "athletic position" as if he was "running as fast as he could." The rifle was aimed lower than Rosenbaum's hands, which were also going lower. Rittenhouse "dodged around it," and then leveled the weapon and fired. "It appeared he was lunging for the front portion of the weapon," McGinniss said...

Richie McGinniss, the Daily Caller video editor who was running behind Joseph Rosenbaum, testified in court on Nov. 4, 2021, that Rosenbaum "lunged" for Rittenhouse's gun and "threw his momentum toward the weapon," bolstering the defendant's self-defense argument and blowing a major hole in the state's case. "It was very clear to me that he (Rosenbaum) was reaching specifically for the weapon because that’s where his hands went," McGinniss testified. He then stood up in the courtroom, putting both of his hands out, and demonstrated the lunge. He said Rosenbaum was in an "athletic position" as if he was "running as fast as he could." The rifle was aimed lower than Rosenbaum's hands, which were also going lower. Rittenhouse "dodged around it," and then leveled the weapon and fired. "It appeared he was lunging for the front portion of the weapon," McGinniss said, adding that Rosenbaum yelled f*** y...

Kenosha prosecutor Thomas Binger continued his bizarre approach on Wednesday in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, only serving to prove anew how lawless and dangerous the riots were in Kenosha the night that Rittenhouse shot three people, his lawyers say in self-defense. He played video after video that showed Rittenhouse being chased and attacked before opening fire. In other words, Assistant District Attorney Binger helped make the case for self defense, which continues a pattern that's been present throughout the trial. What else is he supposed to do, though; he doesn't get to make up the facts. But the Kenosha County DA's office decision to charge Rittenhouse, 18, with homicide counts does not align with the facts. That the charges don't fit Rittenhouse's actions (especially the first-degree intentional homicide count) is becoming increasingly clear, and, frankly, it was clear from the start to anyone who had watched the videos that were already public. Inundating...

Prosecutors in the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial have possessed an FBI thermal image video taken by a plane flying above the Kenosha riots for over a year. In opening statements , Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger claimed that Rittenhouse was the person who chased Joseph Rosenbaum first before Rosenbaum started chasing Rittenhouse, leading to the first shooting. That was significant because it was an attempt to paint Rittenhouse as an aggressor, which could weaken a self-defense argument and was previously unknown. The only thing known before day 1 of the trial was that Rosenbaum is seen on video chasing Rittenhouse. But... The FBI thermal image video seems to contradict the narrative prosecutors told jurors earlier in the opening statements. First of all, they never backed it up in court when they called the FBI agent to the stand. Secondly it's hard to tell from the video what was going on; perhaps Rittenhouse was just walking down the sidewalk in the general d...