Biden Reacts to Rittenhouse Verdict: ‘Jury System Works and We Have to Abide by It’

U.S. President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn as he leaves the White House in Washington on Oct. 7, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Joe Biden said he stands by the jury’s decision Friday to declare Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all five charges filed against him.

After returning home from a routine medical examination at Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland, Biden told reporters that he didn’t watch the trial.