Rittenhouse, who is being held without bond, is due to appear in court in the city for an extradition hearing on Friday.
Lin Wood, the attorney for high school student Nicholas Sandmann, announced Thursday night that a legal team from the Texas non-profit #FightBack Foundation, Inc. will be part of Rittenhouse’s defense team. The team will be led by John Pierce, according to Wood.
“Thanks to ALL Freedom Loving Americans who responded to requests for contact information on Kyle Rittenhouse,” Wood tweeted. “We have connected with Kyle’s family & help is on the way. Kyle will have excellent legal representation. We owe him a legal defense.”
“Many others will need your help in coming days. Stay strong. Continue to speak truth. Continue to demand justice under our Constitution. Continue to be fearless,” Wood continued. “Most important of all, continue to pray for your fellow citizens. Pray for our president. Pray for our country. And always, always, always #FightBack. We will not go quietly in the night. We are Americans.”
“Kyle’s defense is one of those fronts,” he said.
“The radical left has taken over mainstream media and they don’t care about truth. They will lie, cancel, and defame anyone who stands in their way,” the website reads. “But the truth still matters. And that’s why we bring lawsuits to stop the left’s lies. To defend the truth. To defend freedom.”
Wood added that the foundation’s fundraiser is the only approved fund for the teen’s legal defense.
“Please be wary of any other efforts to raise money for Kyle’s defense,” he said on Twitter.
Pierce will appear with Rittenhouse at an extradition hearing in Lake County Circuit Court in Illinois on Friday.
