It really is par for the course for him. He's running a really extreme partisan campaign, and I think that he had a target audience for those comments that he was trying to reach. It is a little bit surprising, I would say, for a former attorney general and former district attorney as he is, to be defending violent people who stormed our nation's Capitol and attacked law enforcement officers in the Capitol. I think it sends a strong message to the voters about what Judge Schimmel stands for. (03:04–03:22)
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Asserts that it is surprising for a former attorney general to defend individuals involved in the January 6th Capitol attack.
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