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Josh Kaul: “Our Department of Justice does incredible work for the…”

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Wisconsin Attorney General Debate

Published October 27, 2022 | Video Starts at 57:34

Mr. Call, you have one minute. You have the first closing statement. Well, first, let me again thank you for hosting this debate. Thank you to our moderators. Our Department of Justice does incredible work for the people of Wisconsin. And I am so proud that during my time in office we have investigated and prosecuted some of the most serious crimes in the state. (57:34–57:38)

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“The Wisconsin Internet Crimes Against Children task Force is responsible for over 1400 arrests in my first three years in office.”
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“Only 20% of those [felony domestic abuse] prosecutions resulted in felony convictions. That is far below the statewide average.”
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“The Department of justice is almost 50 times larger than the Fond du Lac County DA's office.”
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“We've helped secure over $400 million and we are continuing to work to hold big Pharma accountable.”
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“We have investigated and prosecuted some of the most serious crimes in the state of Wisconsin during the course of my administration.”
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“We have investigated and prosecuted some of the most serious crimes in the state.”
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“Hold polluters accountable.”
Wisconsin Attorney General Debate | Uploaded October 27, 2022 | 07:59-08:01
“Make our schools safer.”
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“Mr. Toney said directly to the camera he's on video saying that one of the things he thinks we should consider is to allow DAs to cross…”
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“Mr. Toney has suggested it for abortion prosecutions.”
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“Mr. Toney has also suggested that our election commissioners committed crimes and should be removed from office.”
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“We have had underfunding of public safety in Wisconsin for decades now.”
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“My Safer Wisconsin plan would invest over $115 million in communities across the state of Wisconsin into things like community policing and…”
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“We also asked for more DCI agents at DOJ.”
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“Our crime fighting budget would invest tens of millions of dollars, in fact over $100 million total in public safety.”
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“We also need to pass some common sense gun safety legislation.”
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“What we need to do is to reform our bail system.”
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“I have been advocating for that kind of change [bail system reform] since I've been in office, and we need to make that change now.”
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“Voters elect DAs and counties across the state. That's the system that we have had.”
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“I certainly agree that if a DA is just not showing up to work or doing their job, they should be removed.”
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“Our DNA analysis, the number of cases that are waiting to be tested has dropped dramatically in my time in office.”
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“We've gotten some resources, but less than half of the resources that we've requested [for our state crime labs].”
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“We increased or improved our instrumentation [in state crime labs] so that we could detect even really small amounts of fentanyl.”
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“Every tip we receive [at the Department of Justice], we have reviewed.”
Wisconsin Attorney General Debate | Uploaded October 27, 2022 | 23:00-23:04
“The number of tips has increased dramatically over years as the national center for Missing and Exploited Children has been able to identify…”
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“We asked for more resources [for the Department of Justice]. In my first budget. The legislature rejected one of the positions.”
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“We have had higher staffing numbers overall. Close, but slightly higher than the Schimmel administration did in DCI.”
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“We are in the process right now of hiring 12 DCI agents.”
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“We will soon be at full staffing, in fact, excess staffing in our Division of Criminal Investigation.”
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“We investigate and prosecute the most serious crimes in the state of Wisconsin.”
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“We have an obligation to defend state law and state agency decisions.”
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“My opponent has been clear that he believes those resources should go towards going after people for abortions.”
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“He wants authority to prosecute abortion cases directly from our Department of Justice.”
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“He has said no matter what he's saying today, that he's proposed Empowering DAs to prosecute cases in other counties for abortion.”
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“I think the AG should have original jurisdiction to prosecute cases, to go after serious crimes, to put murderers and drug traffickers and…”
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“Our AG needs to have public safety as his top priority, not a far right radical agenda.”
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“I think as the law currently stands, the answer is no to that question. The law specifically applies to actions in the state of Wisconsin.”
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“If Tim Michaels and Eric Toney are elected to office, not only are they not going to add exceptions for cases of rape and incest, they're…”
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“The Susan B. Anthony group... wants to further restrict the laws. They want to get rid of certain forms of contraception, including ivf.”
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“When he says he'll enforce the law no matter what it was, that means that if Tim Michaels signs legislation that prevents people from…”
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“Our Department of Justice and all of our agencies have limited resources. They need to be prioritized.”
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“I think those priorities are fighting violent crime, fighting drug trafficking, not going after people for abortions.”
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“My opponent has stood with Michael Gableman. He supported his investigation, which spent over a million dollars of taxpayer resources…”
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“Our elections are free and fair and safe and secure. They have been repeatedly tested in statewide recount in 2016, in recounts of our two…”
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“Gerald Turner should have gotten a life sentence without the possibility of Parole for that awful, awful crime.”
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“Throughout my administration, we have worked to keep Gerald Turner behind bars, and we have succeeded.”
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“Our office has kept Gerald Turner behind bars, and that's exactly what we need to do to keep our community safe.”
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“The Wisconsin State Journal endorsed Brad Schimmel In 2016. In 2018. I'm sorry, this election, they endorsed me.”
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“We conduct background checks at the Department of Justice on most handgun sales in the state of Wisconsin.”
Wisconsin Attorney General Debate | Uploaded October 27, 2022 | 48:08-48:14
“There's a loophole that allows for private sales. I have called for it to be closed.”
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“I have called to ensure that domestic abusers don't get firearms under that exact decision you mentioned. We need a Legislative fix.”
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“The issue with universal background checks is the person selling the gun. If they're not conducting a background check, they don't know if…”
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“People can literally sell guns out of the trunk of their cars right now, no matter who is trying to buy them.”
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“Holding PFAS companies accountable for the contamination they have caused is critical.”
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“I am going after those companies that are responsible for the contamination because we've got to clean those toxic cancer causing chemicals…”
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“When we do it, it's the companies that made millions of dollars in profits that should pay to clean it up, not Wisconsin taxpayers.”
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“We have investigated and prosecuted drug traffickers. We were one of the agencies that investigated large scale drugs coming from Puerto…”
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“We have expanded the treatment alternatives and diversion program during my time in office.”
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“My safer Wisconsin plan calls for additional funding for mental health treatment and for substance use disorder treatment.”
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“We need to keep doing that [making people aware of the dangers of opioids and fentanyl].”
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“We have safe, secure, free and fair elections.”
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“We've worked to reform our sexual assault kit laws.”
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“Hold big pharmaceutical companies accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic.”
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“I have proposed concrete plans for public safety.”
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“My safer Wisconsin plan and my crime fighting budget would invest significantly in public safety.”
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“I've called for an increase in shared revenue dollars that go from the state to local governments to help fund public safety.”
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“I am challenging the 19th century ban with no exceptions.”
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