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Eric Toney: “Our attorney General's office needs to have original…”

Featuring: Eric Toney, Republican | Candidate for Attorney General of Wisconsin

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AG debate, part 1

Published | Video Starts at 01:18

And this is Milwaukee. This is Wisconsin. And I refuse to accept this record violence as the new normal. That's why I've said Our attorney General's office needs to have original prosecution authority to take on the cases they're unable or unwilling to prosecute. And adding additional DCI agents as well as prosecutors in our criminal litigation unit at the Department of Justice. The sad reality during this historic violence, our attorney general has effectively defunded these positions. (01:18–01:26)

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Asserts that the Attorney General's office should have original prosecution authority for certain cases.

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