If Kyle Rittenhouse is acquitted in court, he could have a new career opportunity ahead of him.
Rep. Matt Gaetz said that Rittenhouse “deserves” a not guilty verdict and that he could be offered an internship in his congressional office if the jury hands down a not guilty verdict.
“Kyle Rittenhouse would probably make a pretty good congressional intern,” Gaetz told Newsmax’s Grant Stinchfield Wednesday night. “We may reach out to him and see if he’d be interested in helping the country in additional ways.”
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Gaetz also spoke in defense of “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley, who was sentenced to 41 months in jail for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
“The notion that he’s got to be in prison for three and a half years to settle some sort of political score defies justice,” Gaetz said. “The American people deserve a Department of Justice that is the least political agency in Washington, and instead what we’ve got is a Department of Justice that is the most political agency in Washington.”
Rittenhouse, an 18-year-old Illinois cadet, currently faces five criminal charges ranging from intentional homicide to recklessly endangering safety that could land him behind bars for the rest of his life. The judge dismissed a misdemeanor gun possession charge Monday.
The jury has been undergoing deliberations since Tuesday.
The ruling has become a source of controversy across the United States, with many, such as podcast host Joe Rogan, slamming the media coverage as a “left-wing cult.” Several media figures, including MSNBC host Joy Reid, have accused Rittenhouse of being disingenuous in his emotional courtroom testimony, saying in a TikTok that America has a “thing” for “white tears,” which allows men such as Rittenhouse and Justice Brett Kavanaugh to evade accountability.
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When asked for the White House’s response to the Rittenhouse case, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the president’s view is that “we shouldn’t have, broadly speaking, vigilantes patrolling our communities with assault weapons.”
Gaetz is currently under investigation by the Department of Justice over whether he paid underage girls for sex, an allegation he denies.
