Pierce and Wood set up a fund at the #FightBack Foundation Inc., a Texas 501(c)(4) foundation,<ref>https://fightback.law/</ref> Pierce said,
Pierce and Wood set up a fund at the #FightBack Foundation Inc., a Texas 501(c)(4) foundation,<ref>https://fightback.law/</ref> Pierce said,
{{quotebox-float|“A 17-year old child should not have to take up arms in America to protect life and property. That is the job of state and local governments. However, those governments have failed, and law-abiding citizens have no choice but to protect their own communities as their forefathers did at Lexington and Concord in 1775. Kyle is not a racist or a white supremacist.<ref>https://news.sky.com/story/kyle-rittenhouse-teenager-says-he-is-not-racist-and-supports-black-lives-matter-in-first-interview-since-trial-12475506</ref> He is a brave, patriotic, compassionate law-abiding American who loves his country and his community. He did nothing wrong. He defended himself, which is a fundamental right of all Americans given by God and protected by law. He is now in the crosshairs of institutional forces that are much more powerful than him. But he will stand up to them and fight not only for himself, but for all Americans and their beloved Constitution. We will never leave his side until he is victorious in that fight.”}}
{{quotebox-float|“A 17-year old child should not have to take up arms in America to protect life and property. That is the job of state and local governments. However, those governments have failed, and law-abiding citizens have no choice but to protect their own communities as their forefathers did at Lexington and Concord in 1775. Kyle is not a racist or a white supremacist.<ref>https://news.sky.com/story/kyle-rittenhouse-teenager-says-he-is-not-racist-and-supports-black-lives-matter-in-first-interview-since-trial-12475506</ref> He is a brave, patriotic, compassionate law-abiding American who loves his country and his community. He did nothing wrong. He defended himself, which is a fundamental right of all Americans given by God and protected by law. He is now in the crosshairs of institutional forces that are much more powerful than him. But he will stand up to them and fight not only for himself, but for all Americans and their beloved Constitution. We will never leave his side until he is victorious in that fight.”}}
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Pierce and Wood were fired before years end when the Rittenhouse family discovered that Kyle could have been bailed out months earlier, but Pierce was holding Kyle in an Illinois jail by fighting an extradition request from Wisconsin and using Kyle's detention as a fundraising scheme for political purposes.
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The team of Mark Short, Corey Chirafasi, and Natali Wisco took over Kyle's defense.