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Brad Schimel: “We did it in only a few years to get 25 years worth of a…”

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

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Published February 4, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:05

So I knew the danger, but I knew the value. We had to get these kits tested. We set out to do it, and We did it in only a few years to get 25 years worth of a problem solved. So let's go backwards a little bit. Why were these, like, 6,000 just sitting on shelves prior to your arrival at DOJ? Great. There were a lot of different reasons. (01:05–01:11)

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“We ended up having about 4,200 kits that needed to be tested.”
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“I do. Right. I mean, now, of course, all of that money, the 50 plus million spent in 2023, not all of that was spent by the campaigns.”
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“In 2018, we both had raised under 3 million. Under 3. And our campaign, that's what our campaigns had to work with.”
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“For 25 years before I became Attorney General, these sexual assault kits accumulated in police department storage rooms and hospital storage…”
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“We applied for and got grant money from national organizations who shared this interest in getting these kits tested.”
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“We did this on a statewide level. Cities like the city of Detroit took it on as a city level. We did it as a whole state of Wisconsin.”
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“This will not happen again because of the process we put in place.”
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“We were able to bring against offenders to get convictions in sexual assaults that hadn't been previously charged.”
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“Our justice system is broken.”
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“Judges have to return to being objective, not being influenced by the nature of the party in front of them, but influenced by the law and…”
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“You heard Justice Protozevich on the campaign trail say over and over again that the maps are rigged, referring to the legislative…”
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“The Day after [Justice Protozevich] was sworn in and before Christmas Eve, the Friday before Christmas Eve, that court issued a decision…”
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“The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the final word when it comes to interpreting Wisconsin statutes or interpreting the Wisconsin Constitution.”
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“The United States Supreme Court and the Dobbs decision... did not end abortion. It did not authorize abortion.”
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“The question about abortion belongs in the hands of the voters, not in the hands of a judge anywhere.”
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“A judge must recuse on a case under the law if they have a... personal, financial or other interest in the case.”
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“I have to play by the rules as they exist.”
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“No one is buying anything from me. Except my adherence to the law and to the Constitution.”
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“Outside groups put a lot of money into the race, too, on both sides.”
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“The outside groups did not spend nearly as much as outside groups spent in 2023.”
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“The legislature approved maps proposed by the governor. They voted for them, the governor signed them, they're law now.”
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“Our state needs stability. We can't have the rules of law in our state changing every time the majority on the court changes.”
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“I spent 25 years as a frontline prosecutor, followed by four years as the state's attorney general.”
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“My opponent, she claims she's a prosecutor. She's never done that.”
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“There are plenty of cases the Supreme Court decides that deal with public safety.”
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