In order for it to be nefarious he has to know it's a WS symbol. Otherwise, it's just the OK sign that people have used for a century and still use to indicate 🆗. Do you think Rittenhouse was well read & kept up with current events/politics? I don't. He doesn't seem particularly intelligent.

You’re putting in a lot of effort to defend a scumbag and his PB pals. Why?

I'm defending the facts about a prominent case that many people believe myths about. Myths propagated by an incompetent or biased media. Case in point, the NPR article you posted that is objectively wrong. I don't FEEL it's wrong, it's demonstrably wrong.