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In an "Ingraham Angle" interview Friday night, former President Donald Trump told Laura Ingraham that the case was an egregious example of prosecutorial misconduct and the Illinois teenager was acting in self-defense.
Courthouse. your thoughts on the reactions that we've seen from the two attorneys, the prosecutor and the defendant. >> martha, i salute them for striking the right tone. a lot of things that mr. binger has done that we talked about the last few weeks in a critical way. this is a message that sends exactly the right note. they respect the verdict and they ask people to express themselves in a civilized manner, which is exactly the right tone. you heard from the defense lawyer who, he wasn't in a celebratory frame of mind obviously. there's relief, and i hope that kyle rittenhouse takes his law...
Have the unrest on the streets there. doesn't resolve whether kyle rittenhouse should have been there, whether he should have been armed, whether our laws should change. there's a lot of very profound questions to come out of this. i think we just -- we can't overrely on the justice system to resolve them because as we see, it doesn't. >> martha: yeah. and that is the burden that rests on the jury and these 12 individuals who have dealt with this over the last several days. in fact, over several weeks. i want to bring in robert bianci. there's been a lot of discussion about the job that they d...
He took the stand himself. an important note there. the defendant didn't even tell his mom he was going to testify. they were optimistic about this case the entire time. martha? >> martha: incredible. very dramatic and a huge outcome for kyle rittenhouse today. alexis, thanks very much. we have a statement just in from kenosha county assistant district attorney, thomas bear. he said "we're grateful to the members of the jury for their diligent and thoughtful deliberations. the kenosha community has endured much the past 15 months and yet we remain resilient and strong. we ask the members of ou...
You're going to lose. >> reporter: what do you see as the crucial moment in the trial? >> there were a lot. i mean, i think -- i think it's at the beginning, but when attorney binger gave his opening statement and said those things, that kyle chased rosenbaum i don't know where that came from, to this day. it was ridiculous. that gave me something to really show and argue to a jury, that this isn't fair, it's not a game, and i think that was huge. cory, my co-counsel, and i stress the word co-counsel, he was not a second chair, he was incredible. we fought over who got to cross-examine gaige g...