Former President Donald Trump told Fox News on Tuesday that he met with Kyle Rittenhouse after the teen was found not guilty.
The Rittenhouse trial gripped the United States and many outside the US who followed the case.
Rittenhouse, 18, visited the former president with his mother at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida on Monday, Trump confirmed three days after jurors acquitted him on all counts after more than three days of deliberation.
“Kyle I got to know him a little bit. He called,” President Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “He wanted to know if he could come over and say hello because he was a fan.”
“He should never have been put through that,” President Trump said of Rittenhouse. “That was prosecutorial misconduct, and it’s happening all over the United States right now with the Democrats.”
Hannity shared a photo of the meeting, which showed a smiling Trump making a thumbs-up gesture while posing alongside Rittenhouse.
Following the verdict Friday, Trump sent his well-wishes to the teen, writing in a statement: “Congratulations to Kyle Rittenhouse for being found innocent of all charges. It’s called being found not guilty — and by the way, if that’s not self-defense, nothing is!”
President Biden said after the verdict that while the acquittal would “leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken.”
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