Susan Crawford: “Brad Schimmel had taken thousands of dollars of campaign…”

“… refused to get our state into a national lawsuit against the opioid manufacturers, hold them accountable for all the damage that they had caused in Wisconsin. Like many other states, Brad Schimmel had taken thousands of dollars of campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry. And he offered no explanation, no valid explanation for why it was that he, as attorney general, top law enforcement official in the state, was not protecting the people in our state by holding those companies accountable.” (06:32–06:39)

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