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Prosecutor push witness to lie to police
The claim of provocation – specifically, that Rittenhouse pointed his rifle at others, provoking Joseph Rosenbaum to chase him across a parking lot – is not supported by any other evidence but this drone video. Without the video there is no act of provocation, and the prosecution would have the task of attacking Rittenhouse’s claims of self-defense directly. Assistant District Attorney James Kraus had a laundry list of excuses for why the defense received only a lower-resolution, smaller file size, with a different file name including blaming Assistant DA Binger and the detectives. The judge was unconvinced by these excuses and suggested the possibility of putting the prosecution on the witness stand themselves to testify under oath as to why the defense did not receive the proper video before it was presented to the jury.
The claim of provocation – specifically, that Rittenhouse pointed his rifle at others, provoking Joseph Rosenbaum to chase him across a parking lot – is not supported by any other evidence but this drone video. Without the video there is no act of provocation, and the prosecution would have the task of attacking Rittenhouse’s claims of self-defense directly. Assistant District Attorney James Kraus had a laundry list of excuses for why the defense received only a lower-resolution, smaller file size, with a different file name including blaming Assistant DA Binger and the detectives. The judge was unconvinced by these excuses and suggested the possibility of putting the prosecution on the witness stand themselves to testify under oath as to why the defense did not receive the proper video before it was presented to the jury.
A photo of ADA Kraus’ laptop screen being projected onto the large 4k TV screen in the courtroom showed the presence of a software app named Handbrake, a program used to generate low-definition versions of high-definition videos. Apparently, the provision of the low-resolution video to the defense was not an accident at all, but rather an intentional act of the prosecution.<ref>https://youtu.be/eHOixtPHDVQ</ref> If so, it would constitute prosecutorial misconduct sufficiently grievous to not only warrant a mistrial with prejudice but certainly misconduct, perhaps even malicious prosecution charges.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/11/rittenhouse-trial-mayhem-courtoom-fights-over-videos-and-mistrial-as-jury-deliberates/</ref>
A photo of ADA Kraus’ laptop screen being projected onto the large 4k TV screen in the courtroom showed the presence of a software app named Handbrake, a program used to generate low-definition versions of high-definition videos. Apparently, the provision of the low-resolution video to the defense was not an accident at all, but rather an intentional act of the prosecution.<ref>https://youtu.be/eHOixtPHDVQ</ref> If so, it would constitute prosecutorial misconduct sufficiently grievous to not only warrant a mistrial with prejudice but certainly misconduct, perhaps even malicious prosecution charges.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/11/rittenhouse-trial-mayhem-courtoom-fights-over-videos-and-mistrial-as-jury-deliberates/</ref>
===Prosecutor push witness to lie to police===
A witness in the trial, Amateur photographer Nathan DeBruin, testified that prosecutors pushed him to change his statement to the police.
<ref>Tim Pearce, [https://www.dailywire.com/news/rittenhouse-trial-witness-says-prosecutors-asked-him-to-change-his-statement-to-police Rittenhouse Trial Witness Says Prosecutors Asked Him To ‘Change’ His Statement To Police], DailyWire.com, Nov 10, 2021.
<blockquote>A witness in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse testified Tuesday that prosecutors pushed him to change his statement to the police.
Amateur photographer Nathan DeBruin took the stand on Tuesday as one of four defense witnesses called that day. During his testimony, DeBruin recounted an earlier, uncomfortable meeting with prosecutors in which DeBruin said they pushed him to change a statement he gave to police regarding another man, Joshua Ziminski, whom prosecutors have charged with arson.
During the defense examination of the witness, defense attorney Mark Richards asked DeBruin to describe the meeting he had had with Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger and Assistant District Attorney James Kraus.
“I was called down to the district attorney’s office. I met with Mr. Binger and [Kraus] … I was called into a room, sat at a table, handed my police statement, got to read over my police statement, and then I was asked if I would like to add anything to the police statement, and I said I would not,” DeBruin began.
“Mr. Binger pulled out a cell phone and showed me a video and also a photo – which was actually one photo that I brought today – and asked me if I knew who a gentleman was in that photo, and I said I did not. … He said, ‘This is Joshua Ziminski.’ Mr. Binger also has a case with him, and I am subpoenaed for that case also,” he continued. “He says, ‘Well, that’s who that is.’ He put the phone down. He picked the phone back up and says, ‘Who is this?’ And I confusingly said, like, Joshua Ziminski, and he said, ‘Would you like to add that to your statement?’ and I just felt I didn’t want to change my statement.”</blockquote></ref>
===Attacking the judge===
===Attacking the judge===