‘Kid’s Life Is At Stake’: Top Legal Expert Criticizes ‘Passive’ Defense Team Of Kyle Rittenhouse

Top legal expert Andrew Branca criticized the defense team of teenager Kyle Rittenhouse for acting “passively” and not properly and “aggressively” advocating for their client, whose “life is at stake.”

Rittenhouse, on trial for double homicide, faces life in prison without parole. Branca, a leading self-defense attorney and author, told The Daily Wire on Wednesday that he believes there are “absolutely” grounds for the trial to be dismissed with prejudice, meaning Rittenhouse could not be retried.

Though the defense team earlier this week filed a motion asking for just that — a mistrial with prejudice, the team in court asked the judge Wednesday only once for a mistrial without prejudice, meaning Rittenhouse could be retried. The defense went as far as to say they “know” the judge can’t grant a mistrial “with prejudice.”

“You know, another name for a lawyer is advocate,” Branca said Thursday morning on the legal Youtube channel Rekieta Law. “And I don’t see these people advocating for their client, fighting for their client.”