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it's stated that funds here will be transferred to the fightback.law fund as per the instruction of Kyle's mother. (see update #1)
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Jacob Wells, GiveSendGo's founder, told Insider that his team had verified the campaign for Rittenhouse and the disbursement of the funds. He said the organizer asked to remain anonymous. (insider.com)
That would mean that the givesendgo account is legitimate, and that they really do want all the funds transferred to the fightback fund. If we trust Insider and Jacob Wells that is. I haven't heard about any scandals involving GiveSendGo. The little copyright notice on the site says they've been around since 2014, which is long enough for something or other to pop up.
GiveSendGo linking this campaign in a tweet
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@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)
“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)
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)
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How much does Kyle need on top of the \$2m bail? \$1m for legal defense and security? More? On the other hand, he seems to have tried to do the right thing and it would be really nice to be able to just make sure he has plenty.
Known funds raised as of Oct 13: \$2,657,313 (\$657,313 after bail)
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This post is a work-in-progress, last partially updated Oct 20
Note: While so far it looks to me like this is a clear-cut case of self-defense, it isn't kind to distort the truth to “help” someone if it turns out they really did do something wrong.
See also information about the charges, legal team, case progression, etc
See also my attempt at evidence collection here
This is important.
It's more than the usual slandering of a minor and trying to hang an innocent person.
They're trying to cover up an attempted murder.
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Maryland Gov't
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's Office Has Fired an Employee For Supporting Kyle Rittenhouse
whoever this guy's company is (if he's an employee should he be fired?) “I'm throwing out every job application I got from an @ASU @ASUEngineering grad.” (link)
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Stripe
On the topic of payment processors, Stripe continues to hold several hundred thousand dollars of our funds hostage and we are coordinating with #FightBack to seek remediation of this politically-motivated hack-job. We encourage our donors to express their displeasure with Stripe, if they feel so inclined, by sending an email to complaints@stripe.com. (Update #4, GiveSendGo campaign)
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