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Brad Schimel: “When I came to the Department of Justice, zero kits had been…”

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

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Newsmaker Sunday 3 9 2025

Published | Video Starts at 06:34

Well, first off, your viewers are going to get their televisions back on April 2nd. They'll be happy. Yeah, not too far off. You know, the important number to think about with this is zero. When I came to the Department of Justice, zero kits had been tested. They had accumulated for 25 years in storerooms at police departments and hospitals. And I got there, no one had attempted to take this on. No attorney General, no governor before me. (06:34–06:46)

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Asserts that no rape kits had been tested for 25 years before his tenure at the Department of Justice.

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