Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted final yr of fees associated to the taking pictures of three folks in Kenosha in August 2020, has launched a brand new donation fund he says will assist take sure media retailers and people to court docket to carry them accountable for his or her "lies."

Donations to Rittenhouse's "Media Accountability Venture" will assist finance the potential lawsuits, he informed Fox Information's Tucker Carlson Monday night time. Rittenhouse mentioned that his group is at present "fairly a couple of" politicians, athletes and celebrities to file lawsuits towards, together with The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg.

"[Goldberg] referred to as me a 'assassin' after I used to be acquitted by a jury of my friends. She went on to nonetheless say that," Rittenhouse mentioned throughout his look on Carlson's present.

The acquittal of Rittenhouse, who's now 19 years outdated, drew each outrage and help throughout the nation. Rittenhouse fatally shot two folks, Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz after touring to Kenosha when he was 17 through the civil unrest that broke out after the police taking pictures of Jacob Blake, a Black man.

Rittenhouse was discovered not responsible in November on all 5 first-degree felony counts he had been charged with, together with intentional and reckless murder.

A launch video posted on Rittenhouse's Twitter web page Monday night time begins with a Malcolm X quote: "The media's essentially the most highly effective entity on earth. They've the ability to make the harmless responsible and to make the responsible harmless, and that is energy."

The video then exhibits a sequence of article clips, movies, and different commentaries about Rittenhouse, a few of which linked his actions and acquittal to racism and white supremacy. It ends with a brief clip of former President Donald Trump seemingly talking about reporters and calling them the "enemy of the folks."

Rittenhouse informed Carlson that the inspiration for launching his fund was to assist maintain different organizations and other people "accountable for what they did to me as a result of I do not wish to see anyone must undergo what I went by."

Rittenhouse Launches Donation Fund
Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted final yr of fees associated to the taking pictures of three folks in Kenosha in August 2020, has launched a brand new donation fund he says will assist take sure media retailers and people to court docket to carry them accountable for his or her "lies." Rittenhouse is seen above on set of "Candace" on January 24, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee.Jason Davis/Getty Photos

The donation fund's web page states that Rittenhouse's trial "uncovered deep corruption in our media for all to see" and that he "will not let it go unanswered."

"Assist maintain the worst offenders in our media accountable in court docket for his or her malicious and defamatory lies," the web page reads.

Rittenhouse didn't identify any particular media organizations on Twitter or whereas chatting with Carlson, however he did point out Cenk Uygur, commentator and founding father of The Younger Turks, who "continues to name me a 'assassin.'"

Whereas nonetheless lively on Twitter, Rittenhouse has additionally reportedly joined Fact Social, the social media platform lately launched by Trump.

Newsweek reached out to ABC and The Younger Turks for remark.