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Featuring: Scott Fitzgerald, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 5

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Rep. Fitzgerald Discusses His Legislation to Keep Violent Offenders Off Our Streets

Published | Video Starts at 02:29

Michael DeWitt of Louisville, Kentucky was bailed out by the Bail Project in February of 2021. Eric. After being arrested on multiple charges. Two months later, he was arrested for murder. Shawn Michael Tillman, three weeks after having bail paid by the Minnesota Freedom Fund, murdered a man at a light rail station in St. Paul and is now serving life sentence for that crime. So, Mr. Speaker, the list kind of continues to go on and on. And according to an investigation conducted by CNN In Hennepin County, Minnesota, the Minnesota Freedom Fund has … (02:29–02:43)

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Asserts that Shawn Michael Tillman committed murder after being bailed out by the Minnesota Freedom Fund.

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