{"id":993906,"date":"2021-11-10T10:43:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=993906"},"modified":"2021-11-10T10:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:43:39","slug":"rittenhouse-witness-claims-prosecution-asked-him-to-change-his-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rittenhouse-witness-claims-prosecution-asked-him-to-change-his-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Rittenhouse Witness Claims Prosecution Asked Him to Change His Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frittenhouse-witness-claims-prosecution-asked-him-to-change-his-statement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=993906&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Nathan-DeBruin-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Nathan DeBruin testified in Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s trial and claimed that prosecutors asked him to change parts of his statement to match their story.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Milwaukee Journal&nbsp;Sentinel<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/2021\/11\/09\/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-live-updates-day-seven-week-two-begins\/6346764001\/\">reports<\/a> that DeBruin, a Kenosha photographer, was initially subpoenaed by the prosecution but \u201cwas brought as a witness for the defense\u201d after claiming prosecutors asked him to change his statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>DeBruin claimed that prosecutors spoke to him prior to the trial and allegedly asked him to change his original September 2020 statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rittenhouse-trial-witness-says-prosecutors-asked-him-to-change-his-statement-to-police\">notes<\/a>&nbsp;DeBruin claimed he was pressured to change his statement during a meeting with&nbsp;District Attorney Thomas Binger and Assistant District Attorney James Kraus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3285714285714\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gaige Grosskreutz gave testimony in Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s trial Monday and admitted he pointed a gun at Rittenhouse before being shot. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iDuludp7N3\">https:\/\/t.co\/iDuludp7N3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1457870473774125056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was called down to the district attorney\u2019s office. I met with Mr. Binger and [Kraus],\u201d&nbsp;DeBruin testified. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18\">\n<p>Mr. Binger pulled out a cell phone and showed me a video and also a photo \u2013 which was actually one photo that I brought today \u2013 and asked me if I knew who a gentleman was in that photo, and I said I did not. \u2026 He said, \u201cThis is Joshua Ziminski.\u201d Mr. Binger also has a case with him, and I am subpoenaed for that case also. He says, \u201cWell, that\u2019s who that is.\u201d He put the phone down. He picked the phone back up and says, \u201cWho is this?\u201d And I confusingly said, like, Joshua Ziminski, and he said, \u201cWould you like to add that to your statement?\u201d and I just felt I didn\u2019t want to change my statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While questioning DeBruin on the stand Tuesday, Kraus said, \u201cWe had you read over your statement, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeBruin responded, \u201cCorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kraus followed, \u201cAnd we asked if you knew anything beyond that statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeBruin said, \u201cCorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kraus then said, \u201cWe didn\u2019t ask you to change it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeBruin answered, \u201cYes, you did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan DeBruin testified in Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s trial and claimed that prosecutors asked him to change parts of his statement to match their story. 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