Rittenhouse Speaks out after Not Guilty Verdict: 'Self-Defense Is Not Illegal'

18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse spoke out after the jury found the teen not guilty on all charges Friday, following four days of intense deliberations and media pressure.

Rittenhouse appeared in a one-minute and 45-second teaser clip for a Tucker Carlson Originals documentary that will premiere on FOX Nation in December.

“The jury reached the correct verdict,” Rittenhouse said in the back of a vehicle, speaking to a cameraman following the acquittal. “Self-defense is not illegal, and I believe they came to the correct verdict, and I’m glad that everything went well.”

“It’s been a rough journey, but we made it through it,” Rittenhouse added, after he collapsed teary-eyed in the courtroom. “We made it through the hard part.”

The special will narrate Rittenhouse’s hectic past year after he shot three Jacob Blake rioters, killing two and injuring a third, while defending himself against a pursuing Black Lives Matter mob in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The teen was facing life in prison with no chance at parole over the August 2020 shootings.