Demonstrators protest against the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Nov. 19, 2021. (REUTERS/David Dee Delgado)
TPUSA said that "despite being promised control of 50 seats," the organizers were restricted to only a single row of eight seats.
Kolvet said the organization "gathered credible information" that school administrators leaked the new ticketing information to protesters in order to fill up seats to stage a walk-out.
"There is no way these groups could have known the new ticketing timing and protocol without school administrators leaking that information," Kolvet said.
Several social media posts on X show that in the days leading up to the event, some students were urging others to email the school administrators to get them to cancel Rittenhouse's appearance.
"A murderer who wants to speak on the ‘lies’ of BLM should not be welcome on our campus!" one post read.
A man on a bike rides past a city truck on fire outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during protests following the police shooting of Black man Jacob Blake on Aug. 23, 2020. (Left: Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via USA TODAY via REUTERS Right: Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS)
Fox News' Michael Ruiz and Paul Best contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
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