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Brad Schimel: “I did that for 17 years as an assistant DA.”

Featuring: Brad Schimel, Republican | Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, Waukesha County

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Published December 1, 2023 | Video Starts at 06:27

It was, it was tough to pay off the student loans with that. Yeah, a little bit. You basically just have a job to pay off your loans. Yeah, but I loved it. I did that for 17 years as an assistant DA. And I had no plans to do anything else, frankly. I wanted to be the deputy DA in the office that kind of managed the place. That was my plan. (06:27–06:31)

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