Background from last week:

Lin Wood is seeking to take back $2 million his foundation raised from donors to post bail for Kyle Rittenhouse.

A September 17 letter said the funds to free Rittenhouse on bail had been provided by Wood's #FightBack Foundation, and therefore must eventually be returned to the foundation.

The letter was signed by a lawyer, Xavier Solis, who said he was working on behalf of Lin Wood's #FightBack PAC. Wood and another attorney, John Pierce, launched the foundation last year to support Rittenhouse, though the organization later pivoted to funding efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

"The Rittenhouse bail was paid by #FightBack Foundation, a 501(c)(4) non-profit, from donations it received," Wood told Insider Thursday in an email. "Under law, the bail monies must be returned to #FightBack."

Rittenhouse and his family have since cut ties with Wood, Pierce, and #FightBack, and said they never received a full accounting of all the money that was raised in Rittenhouse's name. Wood previously told Insider that the foundation kept detailed financial records and never mismanaged any funds.

A Twitter account associated with Rittenhouse's family slammed Wood for the September 17 letter.

"Money makes people do silly things," the account tweeted. "While we're busting our humps trying to raise money and see Kyle acquitted, Lin Wood is sending letters to the court DURING Kyle's hearing to demand $2M in donations FOR KYLE be given to HIM."

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