<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1654617942364,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-8cce-d87c-af7f-ddce9ca80000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1654617942364,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-8cce-d87c-af7f-ddce9ca80000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
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Rittenhouse and his lawyer Todd McMurtry appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight, saying that media and Big Tech personalities defamed him by calling him a murderer and white supremacist despite being acquitted of all charges in the November 2021 homicide trial connected to his shooting of three people, two fatally, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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","_id":"00000181-3ee8-dfdd-a99b-befeef520000","_type":"00000161-b425-d761-a563-f7e77e270000"}”>Tucker Carlson Tonight (clip) – Rittenhouse describes upcoming legal action, June 6, 2022.
“Certainly, Kyle was charged with a crime. News organizations are allowed to report on that,” McMurtry told Fox News host Tucker Carlson. “But calling somebody a murderer in certain circumstances can be actionable.”
Rittenhouse said he is unable to get a job or go out in public without security.
“We’re going to make the media pay for what they did to me,” Rittenhouse told Carlson. “They made it hard for me to live a normal life. … I don’t think I’ll ever be able to work or get a job because I’m afraid an employer may not hire me.”
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McMurtry announced he is first looking at Meta and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
“Mark Zuckerberg announced in a videotape that what Kyle was involved in was a mass murder, and that’s clearly defamatory,” McMurtry said.
McMurtry seemed to reference an Aug. 28, 2020, Facebook post in which Zuckerberg addressed the social media platform’s handling of a page connected to a group called the Kenosha Guard.
He added that there are additional plans to pursue legal action against media personalities who called Rittenhouse a white supremacist.
“I don’t know how the media can claim that they didn’t make a statement made up out of thin air without engaging in actual malice or, most certainly, negligence,” McMurtry said. “I think we have some strong grounds to proceed.”
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Rittenhouse’s plan to pursue legal action comes as he says his “high school career was robbed” from him.
Despite announcing his intent to attend, two colleges, including Texas A&M and Blinn College, have denied admitting him as a student.
