Judge Explains to Jury That if They Believe Kyle Rittenhouse Acted In Self-Defense They Can Dismiss All Lesser Charges

Boom. Case over. Good people of Kenosha will determine …….

https://twitter.com/atlasshrugs/status/1460305679420436483?s=20

Closing argument have begun.

BREAKING: Judge explains to jury that if they believe Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self-defense they can dismiss all lesser charges

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) November 15, 2021

Binger opens by misleading the jury, says that Rittenhouse crossed state lines to be a vigilante in Kenosha when actually he was there all day in his father’s hometown working in a job as a lifeguard and cleaning graffiti.

— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) November 15, 2021

Binger is lying non stop

— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) November 15, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse’s own sworn testimony corroborates what is actually seen in the video. Watch and listen.

The false narrative and the doctored image is a lie.

The prosecution knowingly and purposely attempted to mislead the judge and jury. pic.twitter.com/HwP9gHJEmi

— John Curtis (@Johnmcurtis) November 15, 2021

What. The. Actual. Fuck

Binger: "You lose the right to self-defense when you're the one who brought the gun." pic.twitter.com/2pu7lehnBx

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 15, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Binger was set up for failure!’ Kenosha DA knew the case against Kyle Rittenhouse was a losing proposition and passed the buck to Thomas Binger whose presentation has been marked with missteps and clashes with the judge

• Mike Graveley, the Kenosha County DA, would normally have taken the case himself, but instead handed it down to prosecutor Thomas Binger
• Binger’s presentation of the case in Wisconsin has been marked with missteps and clashes with Judge Bruce Schroeder.
• Kenosha legal insider told Dailymail.com: ‘Graveley is the superstar and he knew this one was sure to tarnish it’
• Court observers say that even if Rittenhouse is found guilty, Binger’s performance has given him good grounds for appeal
• Binger, 51, a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School is no rookie
• He has been an assistant DA in Kenosha County since 2014, and first prosecuted cases in Milwaukee County back in 1999

By Martin Gould For Dailymail.com, 15 November 2021

The choice of prosecutor for Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder case could be a precise pointer as to how little confidence the County District Attorney had in securing a conviction.

Mike Graveley, the Kenosha County DA would normally have taken the case himself, but instead handed it down to prosecutor Thomas Binger, whose presentation of the case in Wisconsin has been marked with missteps and clashes with Judge Bruce Schroeder.

‘Binger was set up for failure,’ one Kenosha legal insider told Dailymail.com. ‘Graveley is the superstar and he knew this one was sure to tarnish it.’

According to conservative outlet Milwaukee Right Now, Graveley ‘pawned the case off to his unfortunate assistant district attorney, Thomas Binger, who was left to spin gold out of a pile of self-defense straw.’

Now court observers believe that even if Rittenhouse is found guilty, Binger’s performance has given him good grounds for appeal.

‘He has said things in court that have been ruled out of order, but once they have been said, you can’t unring that bell,’ Kevin Mathewson, a criminal defense investigator and former Kenosha City alderman told DailyMail.com.

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‘This is how Binger has always operated. He pushes the envelope as far as he possibly can — but this time the whole world is watching him.’
Binger, 51, a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School is no rookie. He has been an assistant DA in Kenosha County since 2014, and first prosecuted cases in Milwaukee County back in 1999
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Binger, 51, a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School is no rookie. He has been an assistant DA in Kenosha County since 2014, and first prosecuted cases in Milwaukee County back in 1999
Binger’s presentation of the case in Wisconsin has been marked with missteps and clashes with Judge Bruce Schroeder.
Binger’s presentation of the case in Wisconsin has been marked with missteps and clashes with Judge Bruce Schroeder.

Binger’s presentation of the case in Wisconsin has been marked with missteps and clashes with Judge Bruce Schroeder

Mathewson, who was unsuccessfully sued over a Facebook page in which he asked for people to turn up with guns to defend property during the August 2020 Kenosha riots, has been a frequent critic of Graveley’s office.

But he says he respects the DA’s prosecuting skills. ‘He is by far the best prosecutor in the office and he should be the one prosecuting the Rittenhouse trial — the most high-profile and difficult case his office is ever likely to handle.

‘It’s not that he hides from publicity. Earlier this year he prosecuted a teenager called Martice Fuller who killed his high school sweetheart and shot at her mother.

‘That was a high-profile case, but it wasn’t a difficult case to prosecute,’ added Mathewson. ‘There was video of the shooting.

‘Just about any prosecutor could have got a conviction.’

Mathewson is not the only one who is hammering Graveley for his absence from the Rittenhouse case. Graveley himself said he would not lead the prosecution as he was investigating the case against the cop who shot Joseph Blake, leading to the unrest in Kenosha during which Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber.

Gravely — who was named Wisconsin’s prosecutor of the year earlier this month — decided way back in January that the officer should not be prosecuted for the shooting which left Blake paralyzed. The DA also said he has to prosecute another case which will likely start before the Rittenhouse case is over.

But those excuses are getting short shrift from some, who believe Rittenhouse either should never have been prosecuted or should have faced lesser charges.

‘It’s time to put DA Mike Graveley’s picture on a milk carton,’ wrote Milwaukee Right Now.

Graveley’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Binger has at times seemed out of his depth as Judge Schroeder and Rittenhouse’s defense team tear into him for a series of missteps.

Former Milwaukee County assistant district attorney Daniel Adams described Binger’s case as ‘incredibly underwhelming.’

‘He’s got nothing,’ Adams told the Associated Press. ‘I just don’t understand it. What are we doing here? We’re all kind of scratching our heads.’

Binger, 51, a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School is no rookie. He has been an assistant DA in Kenosha County since 2014, and first prosecuted cases in Milwaukee County back in 1999.

On his LinkedIn page the father-of-three says: ‘I was a criminal prosecutor handling misdemeanor and felony cases, including illegal firearms cases. I also handled child welfare cases, specializing in termination of parental rights cases.’