Donating at FightBack.law for Kyle Rittenhouse's Defense
Donating
- make sure to specify it's for Kyle's fund
- donate by text message, paypal, credit card, or cryptocurrency
- if there is an option to, select anonymous donation to reduce doxing risk
- Your employer may be willing to match donations if you ask, depending on your employer.
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Legitimacy
about FightBack
- Just weeks before the events in Kenosha, Wood and Pierce formed the nonprofit in Texas. It was originally aimed at crowdsourcing funds to sue the “fake news media” and “check the lies of the left.” (link)
About the fund for Kyle
@FightBackLaw is raising money for his [Kyle's] criminal [as opposed to defamation] defense costs. (Lin Wood, twitter)
501©(4) #FightBack Foundation is receiving donations for defense of Kyle Rittenhouse & needs of family. I am in charge of expenditures & 2 signatures required for all payments. Mine & Board member who was tax accountant for Ted Turner for decades. (Lin Wood twitter)
“There are many scam & self-serving donation sites seeking money on many issues. I am always skeptical myself. All I can tell you is the truth. Every dime donated to @FightBackLaw earmarked for Kyle will go to his defense costs. Thanks for your help. God bless you. – Lin” (link)
Lin Wood stated on twitter that “There will be total transparency on part of #FightBack Foundation” (tweet)
“If donations to fund Kyle’s defense are insufficient to pay costs in full, general fund donations will be available & used.” (Lin Wood on twitter)
Pierce is representing Kyle
“The #FightBack Foundation legal team is heading out to meet with Kyle & his family. Several great local & national lawyers have joined team led by John Pierce @CaliKidJMP. Michelle Malkin @michellemalkin is also hard at work. True Patriots. Thanks you for outpouring of support.” (Lin Wood, twitter)
statement from Pierce Bainbridge about Kyle Rittenhouse (twitter)
2nd-hand? Update Sept 17: “Kyle Rittenhouse's lawyer John Pierce tells me, “we have the entire defense team in place now, including very experienced criminal defense lawyers in Wisconsin and Illinois.” (source)
Other funding has been directed here:
- GiveSendGo: “Wendy has instructed me to transfer the money from GiveSendGo's holding account to the #FightBack Foundation, set up by Lin Wood. All of the money donated through both their website, and this effort, will go to Kyle's defense, as it is likely to be an expensive and protracted affair.” (source, under Update #1)
- National Foundation for Gun Rights: “The funds from NFGR will be deposited in the Kyle Rittenhouse trust fund administered by his attorney, John Pierce, and will be used at the sole discretion of Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother.” (link)
Concerns about FightBack, Lin Wood, and John Pierce (raised by attorney Robert Barnes and others)
attorney Robert Barnes (who it should be noted has some degree of negative personal history with attorney Lin Wood) raised concerns that this money may not be enough under the control of the Rittenhouse family, and that the people running fightback.law might not be the ideal people to be handling funds like this in his opinion.
comments from Barnes:
“Easy solution: Give the \$ raised FOR Rittenhouse TO Rittenhouse, so he can pick his own defense team. John Pierce (massive \$ issues; major lawsuits; no criminal trial experience) should not be anywhere near this case, least of all near any of the \$ fundraised for the kid.” (twitter link)
“Neither has any known experience in criminal trials of any kind, or in Wisconsin, ever. Both are seen very negatively by key Wisconsin defense lawyers happy to help Kyle. Their actions are hurting Kyle's defense while they hoard the $ raised for him & refuse to give it to him.” (twitter)
Exchange b/t Barnes and Wood: Name them [Other lawyers on the legal team for Kyle]. You including the kid lawyers with no trial experience? Including Pierce, who is NOT an experienced criminal defense atty? Why won't you give the \$ raised for Rittenhouse TO Rittenhouse? Why are you giving the \$ to fraudsters? Is that your definition of “transparency”? (link)
For those who don't know, Wood's entire law firm had to sue him for him defrauding them (while he now raises lots of $ “for” Rittenhouse that he refuses to give to Rittenhouse). They have the proof: transcripts, recordings, texts & emails. Read the suit: https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/defense-attorney-for-kyle-rittenhouse-sued-for-fraud-and-breach-of-contract-by-former-colleagues/ (twitter)
Lin Wood scammed his partners (the people who did most of the work on Sandmann case), threatened their wives & their children, made anti-semitic slurs against them, defrauded them, called himself “Almighty”, claimed God told him to abuse them, and now controls Rittenhouse's fate. (twitter)
claims Lin Wood is being intentionally deceptive with FightBack fundraising and using this as a publicity opportunity
- “Wood and Pierce both used Kyle's name on Twitter and linked to fightback, which encouraged you to donate to their general fund, that can be used for many non-Kyle purposes. ALL this money deceptively raised should be used for Kyle.” (link)
- LinWood is grifting the QAnons. Stop giving your money to their #FightBack “foundation”. They got plenty of money after representing Sandmann, they don’t need your money in order to help Rittenhouse. (link)
Other comments
- anon: “You liar. The Family has stated you have not given them any money. That is fraud....” (twitter)
- Someone: “I already was part of a successful effort make Pierce back off.” (link)
- Call to unite: “Gentlemen: America needs BOTH of you in these desperate times. Lin @LLinWood and Robert @Barnes_Law please consider where you agree and stand together for your country. Thanks to each of you for what you have defending American heritage and liberty.” (link)
comments from Lin Wood:
- “I am aware of accusations being made against me by @Barnes_Law & a few others. I have not lost any sleep over them. Robert is wrong. I know who I am. I know what I am doing & why I am doing it. Robert Barnes does not know me. Truth.” (twitter)
- “I don’t know Robert Barnes personally. I do not judge him. I gave truthful explanation of “dispute” in Q & A portion of my remarks at Mercer Law School in January of this year. Please listen if you feel an explanation is needed before judging him or me. https://youtu.be/rrkeWYZ-CSE" (twitter)
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