Susan Crawford: “It was due to a change in state law that was enacted, I…”

“I think that shows what his priorities were. We asked Crawford why Schimmel and not any of his AG predecessors were to blame. It was due to a change in state law that was enacted, I believe while Attorney General Van Hollen was in office. And that is what prompted, prompted the Department of Justice to begin a process of identifying untested kits that were in law enforcement agencies all over the state. They had a big project underway at the time Brad Schimmel came into office. And when Schimmel came in, they said, here are the, here's a list. Here's what we found.” (02:38–02:59)

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