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Ben Wikler: “He [Brad Schimmel] sat on thousands of untested sexual…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 03:26

He's has this record, especially in cases involving violence against women where he has, he just doesn't really go for, for serious accountability. When he was Attorney General, He [Brad Schimmel] sat on thousands of untested sexual assault kits and didn't look for, you know, for whether there were DNA matches for repeat offenders. A current Supreme Court justice at that time was the head of the victims of crime office in the Department of Justice and went to him and asked for, for those kits to be tested and he refused to do anything about it. (03:26–04:29)

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Asserts that Brad Schimmel did not process thousands of untested sexual assault kits as Attorney General.

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