The judge overseeing the intentional homicide trial of Kenosha, Wisconsin shooter Kyle Rittenhouse unloaded on CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin while arguing a point of evidence with prosecutors and defense attorneys Wednesday afternoon. But the judge railed against a word used by a different CNN analyst other than Toobin who appeared to be discussing a separate legal issue from the one the judge was actually discussing with the attorneys in court.
Judge Bruce Schroeder bashed “the media” generally during the lead-up to the direct slam against Toobin. Schroeder said Toobin’s analysis of the case suggested that the CNN analyst simply did not understand how the law worked.
The issue arose when prosecutors for at least a second time played a video recording portraying Rittenhouse for members of the jury. The video was recorded by an individual with The Rundown Live who narrated the events occurring in front of him (and his camera) in Kenosha in Aug. 2020. Rittenhouse defense attorney Mark D. Richards objected to prosecutors playing the narrative for the jury as part of a detective’s explanation of the underlying video. Richards said the narration was hearsay that was inadmissible. Judge Schroeder agreed; he framed the issue as a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s confrontation clause and agreed with Richards.
By Aaron Keller
