New Video ‘Absolutely Calls For A Mistrial With Prejudice,’ Says Top Self-Defense Lawyer: Rittenhouse Trial

By  Amanda Prestigiacomo

The defense team in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial on Tuesday filed an updated motion for mistrial with prejudice, which included claims of the prosecution withholding video evidence from defense.

As outlined by National Review, “defense accuses the prosecution of introducing drone footage of the incident in question that was lower quality than the footage that was already admitted into evidence and presented to the jury. The prosecution claims the new video, brought in after the trial was already underway, shows that Rittenhouse instigated the altercations in which he fatally shot two men and wounded a third in Kenosha, Wisc. last summer amid the Black Lives Matter riots.”

“The video footage has been at the center of this case,” reads the motion from defense. “The failure to provide the same quality footage in this particular case is intentional and clearly prejudices the defendant.”

Top self-defense lawyer and legal expert Andrew Branca told The Daily Wire on Wednesday that the apparent video withholding “absolutely calls for a mistrial with prejudice,” especially when compounded with other offenses by prosecution.

“In my professional opinion this news that the defense was only provided with a low-resolution version of the drone video absolutely calls for a mistrial with prejudice, especially when compounded by the other already existing grounds for such a dismissal,” Branca said via email.

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