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Scott Fitzgerald: “The Bail Project saw its contributions triple in 2020 to…”

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 01:42

For example, the Minnesota Freedom Fund saw revenues increase by 18,000% between 2019 and 2020. In a similar situation, The Bail Project saw its contributions triple in 2020 to nearly $42 million. Perhaps more alarming, what was intended to help bail out low level non violent protesters has instead been used to release violent felony offenders back into the streets with no or little oversight. (01:42–01:49)

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