Kyle Rittenhouse says he's not suing the media — yet. First, he's taking aim at his former lawyers.



Acquitted teenager Kyle Rittenhouse said this week that he hasn't begun filing defamation lawsuits against the media outlets and political figures who wrongly characterized him as a white supremacist vigilante just yet. He is, however, taking aim at two of his former lawyers, Lin Wood and John Pierce.

Rittenhouse broke the news during a sit down with BlazeTV host Glenn Beck Wednesday night. The Illinois teenager — who was recently acquitted of murder charges stemming from his actions during the Black Lives Matter riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer — told Beck that his legal team might pursue media lawsuits down the road, but for now, they are focusing on "liars" Wood and Pierce.

Following his acquittal, many expected Rittenhouse to sue his detractors in the mainstream media in a similar fashion to Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann, the MAGA hat-wearing high school student who was falsely accused of racism following a 2019 confrontation with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial. Sandmann settled with CNN to the tune of $275 million last year.

“I think that the lawsuits against the media are not only right — I’m not a suing guy, I hate lawsuits — are not only right and righteous, but they are absolutely necessary if we’re gonna survive,” Beck said. “Do you agree with that?”

“Are you gonna sue the pants off the media?” Beck later asked.

But in response, Rittenhouse said, "We’re gonna focus on our number one fight we’re dealing with right now with the [guys who've] been lying, Lin Wood and John Pierce. We’re gonna focus on them right now, but maybe down the line in the future — we don’t know yet — but we’re gonna focus on those liars.”

When Beck pressed Rittenhouse about why he was going after Wood first, the teenager answered, "I don’t want to talk much about [Wood], other than he’s a liar, and he’s putting my family in jeopardy,”

"We’re getting death threats because of the lies he’s saying. It’s just disturbing," Rittenhouse added.

Rittenhouse declined to go into further detail about any pending lawsuit involving Wood or Pierce, but the teenager has recently accused his former lawyers of keeping him in jail for longer than necessary while they raised $2 million for bail through their FightBack Foundation. Rittenhouse spent 87 days behind bars before being released on bond in September 2020.

Rittenhouse's mother reportedly fired Wood and Pierce in December 2020. But both former lawyers are attempting to retrieve the money they raised and used for his bail.

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FACT CHECK: Did Lin Wood Find Donald Trump In The White House In April 2021?

The image Wood shared on Telegram dates back to 2020

OAN cuts away from Lin Wood after his speech goes wildly off the rails, endorses QAnon, and predicts death of Trump's opponents



Former Trump attorney Lin Wood delivered remarks during a weekend conference regarding the QAnon conspiracy and death to Trump opponents, prompting One America News to cut away from the coverage.

What are the details?

During his appearance at the weekend's Health and Freedom Conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Wood made what some perceived as a QAnon hand gesture.

According to Mediaite, "After speaking about his four divorces (and how that's less than King David) Wood revealed how God forgave him and how, when the time comes, that He's ready and you've been learning, God would save all those in attendance too."

"Then he paused briefly and told the crowd 'now catch this next move,' before saying, 'He's going to rebirth you into the spirit world and create exactly the person that He intended you to be,' while drawing the letter 'Q' with his finger," the outlet added.

The gesture was not to be mistaken, according to Mediaite, as Wood went on to explain "There's your Q."

His remarks drew a standing ovation, and prompted him to continue.

"That is Q. What does that Q mean? Don't you ever give up hope on this country," he said.

From Newsweek:

Wood spoke about people worshiping Satan and said "millions" of children had disappeared around the world.

The QAnon conspiracy theory posits that there is an international cabal of Satanists who abduct children and its members include prominent businessmen and politicians.

The former Trump attorney also insisted that former President Donald Trump is still in power in the United States, and won the 2020 presidential election.

"He won the presidency and he is the person that we the people selected," Wood said, according to Newsweek. "Donald J. Trump is still the president of the United States of America. He is your president."

Around this time, OAN cut away from coverage of his remarks, Mediaite reported.

Elsewhere, Wood said that Trump critics should be placed in front of a firing squad and executed for "committing acts against humanity."

He said, "Every lie will be revealed! They are killing our children, send them to jail. Put them in front of the firing squad. They are committing acts against humanity. The penalty for an act against humanity is death. Take them out!"

The event, which "drew thousands of attendees from around the nation," according to the outlet, also featured speakers including Gen. Michael Flynn.

PatriotTakes tweeted video featuring a portion of Wood's remarks, which you can watch below.

“Every lie will be revealed. They are killing our children, send them to jail. Put them in front of the firing squa… https://t.co/5bdTuOKhdd
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@PatriotTakes 🇺🇸)1618737119.0

Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood launches bid for chairman of South Carolina GOP



Pro-Trump attorney L. Lin Wood has launched a bid to become chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, not long after moving to the state from neighboring Georgia.

What are the details?

In a social media post, Wood said this week that "a compelling reason for my decision to run for Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party is that it is time for the leadership of the Party to recognize and appreciate the amazing Patriots stepping up to get involved in the party — this is NOT the time to take actions to exclude them."

He then criticized current state GOP Chairman Drew McKissick, accusing the state party of overstepping its authority by removing "the person in charge" in Horry County with a "representative" who allegedly "took all of the master thumb drives from today's data entry as volunteers were working."

Wood argued, "the only reasonable explanation for this intrusion is that Horry County has major numbers of MAGA Republicans."

The Post and Courier noted that McKissick's re-election campaign was endorsed by President Donald Trump via a handwritten note in February, which said, "You have my complete and total endorsement. Great job!"

In reaction to Wood's campaign announcement, McKissick told the newspaper, "Any South Carolina Republican has the right to run for State Chairman and I welcome the challenge."

McKissick, who has run the state party since 2017, added, "In the past four years, we've brought record numbers of new conservative patriots into our party who want to make a difference, and the result has been the greatest growth and electoral success in the history of the SC GOP."

The Post and Courier confirmed, "Despite [former President Donald] Trump's national loss to Democrat Joe Biden, South Carolina Republicans are coming off one of their best election cycles in party history."

The Epoch Times reported that Wood claimed in an earlier social media post that "several concerned South Carolina Republicans who are conservative patriots" had approached him about running for the position, asking him if he "just talked the talk or would I walk the walk."

The outlet noted that Wood "recently announced he had moved to South Carolina after living in Georgia for some 65 years."

Wood and fellow pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell famously called on Georgia Republicans to boycott their state's Senate run-off races in January over allegations of widespread voter fraud during the general election. Both Republican incumbents lost to Democratic challengers, handing Senate control to the Democratic Party — which already held the House of Representatives and the White House.

Earlier this year, Wood claimed that that State Bar of Georgia demanded that he undergo a mental health examination in order to keep his law license in the state.

Supreme Court set to consider high-profile election lawsuits this week



The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider a handful of high-profile election challenges at its mid-February conference taking place this week. If the court chooses to accept any of the lawsuits, they will likely be heard and decided in October.

The cases include lawsuits filed by pro-Trump attorneys Lin Wood and Sidney Powell in Georgia and Michigan, a lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Republican state Rep. Mike Kelly, and two lawsuits filed in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania by former President Donald Trump's campaign.

The lawsuits collectively allege that unlawful conduct took place in several battleground states during the 2020 presidential election, such as the unconstitutional expansion of mail-in voting by state election officials, the failure to enforce security measures for mail-in ballots, the denial of meaningful access for Republican poll watchers, and technical issues involving voting machines.

After the lawsuits were rejected by lower courts in the weeks following the election, attorneys representing plaintiffs in the lawsuits made their appeals to the Supreme Court in short order, but the court opted not to consider the cases during a turbulent transition period.

Now, all of the cases mentioned above are scheduled for a conference taking place this Friday, February 19, according to records on the Supreme Court's website.

In nearly every plea, attorneys backing Trump's election challenges insisted their cases be heard prior to President Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, or else their success would be unlikely, the Washington Examiner reported. However, even now that Biden's inauguration has come and gone, the lawsuits have not been withdrawn.

"Our legal issue remains important and in need of the court's review," Trump lawyer John Eastman told the Examiner in reference to Pennsylvania's handling of the 2020 election. Kelly's lawyer Greg Teufel added that he has no plans to drop the lawsuit.

The attorneys likely believe their lawsuits can set in motion the advance of election security legislation even if they did not affect the 2020 presidential election, as originally intended.

Even now, Republican lawmakers across the country are pushing for legislation to reform elections, especially reining in widespread mail-in voting.

Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood — who helped lead the accusations of massive voter fraud in the 2020 election — is under investigation for voter fraud



Attorney Lin Wood is under investigation by Georgia officials for potential voter fraud, according to a Tuesday night report from NBC News.

Wood was one of former President Donald Trump's biggest advocates in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election based on accusations of massive voter fraud.

The embattled attorney recently said that he has been living in South Carolina for the last several months.

What are the details?

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office confirmed the investigation in a statement to the network.

"The question is whether [Wood] was a legal resident when he voted in November in light of an email he sent to [WSB-TV reporter] Justin Gray saying he has been domiciled in South Carolina for several months," the statement explained. "The investigation is ongoing."

The secretary of state's office added that "if a person removes to another state with the intention of making it such person's residence, such person shall be considered to have lost such person's residence in this state" — which would have made Wood ineligible to vote in Georgia if he were living in South Carolina during early voting.

On Tuesday night, Wood responded to the news and in a statement of his own announced, "I was domiciled in Atlanta in October of 2020 and was a resident of Georgia at that time. I have been a resident of Georgia since 1955."

"I own properties in Georgia and South Carolina," Wood's statement added. "I changed my resident to South Carolina on February 1, 2021."

What else?

On Wednesday, NPR reported that Wood took to the social media site Telegram on Monday, revealing that he was leaving Georgia and changing his permanent residency to South Carolina after insisting Georgia "falsely accused me and shunned me."

"After news of the investigation broke, Wood wrote that he only became a South Carolina resident as of Feb. 1 and called Raffensperger a 'loser' who 'is going to jail,'" NPR's Stephen Fowler reported.

"Now, his posts on Telegram are under scrutiny as officials seek to determine if one of the loudest voices alleging election fraud committed a crime himself," Fowler added. "Georgia state code 21-2-217 (a) (5) says that if a person moves to another state 'with the intention of remaining there an indefinite time and making such state the person's place of residence' then they are no longer considered eligible to vote in Georgia."

State investigators will now determine if Wood lived in South Carolina or in Georgia when he voted early in person for the November presidential election

Lin Wood Reportedly Under Investigation For Voting Illegally In Georgia

A South Carolina resident since last April

Lawyer Lin Wood says State Bar of Georgia is requiring him to take a mental health exam to keep his law license



Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood said Thursday that the State Bar of Georgia has demanded he participate in an examination of his mental health in order to keep his law license.

Wood, who has been an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen, has already been hit with social media bans and the loss of at least one client after a number of social media posts calling for the execution of former Vice President Mike Pence.

What are the details?

Earlier this month, Wood was issued a permanent suspension from Twitter and had posts removed from Parler, which was later shut down entirely by Amazon over allegations that the platform did not do an adequate job of moderating posts.

The lawyer is now expressing his views on London-based app Telegram, where he told his followers in a post:

"I am fighting battles on every front. The State Bar of Georgia told me today they would demand a mental health exam from me if I wanted to keep my law license. My mind is sound. I have broken no rules. I asked what I had done wrong, I was only told it was about my social media comments. My speech.

I try to live a principled life. There is no basis for the Bar's demand. But am I choosing my battles carefully?"

Wood said that he does "not believe God has brought me this far to stop fighting now," before saying that he would turn off his phone for 12 hours and spend time in prayer over what to do next.

Earlier this week, it was revealed that Nick Sandmann—the former Covington Catholic High School who went viral for a video showing him in a face-off with a Native American man in 2019—fired Wood despite the attorney successfully winning defamation settlements for teen from major media outlets.

Weeks prior, Sandmann publicly condemned Wood for a tweet he sent prior to his lifetime ban.

Wood wrote, "If Pence is arrested, @SecPompeo will save the election. Pence will be in jail awaiting trial for treason. He will face execution by firing squad. He is a coward & will sing like a bird & confess ALL."

To that, Sandmann replied, "I'm sorry but what the hell," adding later, "this is a dumb tweet."

In another post removed by Parler before the site was deplatformed, Wood wrote, "Get the firing squads ready. Pence goes FIRST."

Wood also said last week that his alma mater, Mercer Law School, "turned" on him, amid reports that the school was considering removing his name from its trial court over his rhetoric despite his $1 million gift to the institution.

Nick Sandmann fires pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood, says he 'no longer' wishes 'to be represented by him'



Nick Sandmann has fired fellow Trump-supporter Lin Wood, who represented the Kentucky teenager in defamation lawsuits against several media outlets after a 2019 video went viral showing the then-Covington Catholic High School student in a face-off with a Native American man in Washington, D.C.

What are the details?

Reuters reported Monday that Sandmann said in a court filing, "I have ended my lawyer-client relationship with Mr. Wood and no longer wish to be represented by him."

The outlet reported:

Wood did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a statement shared on the Telegram app on Sunday, Wood said he expected Sandmann would "abandon" him because of earlier social media posts in which Wood suggested former Vice President Mike Pence engaged in "treason" and could "face execution by firing squad" for formally recognizing the election victory of President Joe Biden.
Wood said in the Telegram post that his comments about Pence were "rhetorical hyperbole."

Earlier this month, Wood tweeted, "If Pence is arrested, @SecPompeo will save the election. Pence will be in jail awaiting trial for treason. He will face execution by firing squad. He is a coward & will sing like a bird & confess ALL."

Sandmann replied, "I'm sorry but what the hell," adding later, "this is a dumb tweet."

Your definition of loyalty is equivalent to being blackmailed to support something that I disagree with. True loy… https://t.co/hTk9xWFR0S
— Nicholas Sandmann (@Nicholas Sandmann)1609568482.0

Hot Air noted at the time:

It was nearly one year ago when high school student Nick Sandmann and his attorney Lin Wood reached a settlement with CNN in the $275 million defamation case against the network. The exact amount of the settlement was never released but attorney Lin Wood said he was just getting started. Then in July the Washington Post also settled the $250 million defamation suit Sandmann had brought against them. Again the exact amount of the settlement was never revealed and again Lin Wood pointed out there were still more lawsuits to go against CBS, NBC, ABC, the NY Times, Gannett and Rolling Stone.

Wood, who famously represented falsely accused security guard Richard Jewell from allegations of his involvement in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing, is an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump and insists that the 2020 election was stolen from the former president.

Following the Nov. 3 general election, Wood and fellow Trump-supporting-lawyer Sidney Powell urged Georgians to boycott the Jan. 5 runoff elections in the state over concerns for voter integrity, angering Republicans who lost control of the Senate due to the outcome.

A New Yorker staff writer reported last week that Mercer Law School, Wood's alma mater, is facing pressure to remove Wood's name from its trial court room over his rhetoric and that "Wood says he wants his million dollar gift back if they do."

Over the weekend, Sandmann shared a social media post written by Wood where the attorney wrote, in part:

My alma mater Mercer Law School turned on me. I have suffered politically motivated attacks on my law license and my previously pristine record of professionalism. I have been threatened by others to take efforts to have me jailed and prosecuted for a rhetorical hyperbolic post about Mike Pence. No client had abandoned me but I expect Nicholas Sandmann may do so as he be feeling the pressure from members of [Senate Minority Leader] Mitch McConnell's team on which Nicholas worked this cycle. I have had serious threats of harm and death made against me and my family. My family has abandoned me. But I am not alone. I have We The People who have showered me with messages which inspire me and comfort me. In the end, my efforts have always been for We The People. Until and unless they silence me by imprisonments or death, I will not stop fighting for We The People, for honest elections, for freedom, and for the hundreds of thousands of little children who are being abused, molested, and sacrificed for the demonic pleasures of very evil people in the world - including leaders in our government.