TOO.
% >>
NOW
TO
STATE
NEWS.
% THE
LONG-SERVING
ADJUTANT
% GENERAL OF THE
WISCONSIN
% NATIONAL GUARD
IS
OUT.
% IN THE
WAKE
OF A
SCATHING
% FEDERAL REPORT
SHOWING
THE
% GUARD'S
INVESTIGATIONS
OF SEXUAL
% ASSAULT
AND
HARASSMENT
VIOLATED
% THE
LAW.
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS THIS
WEEK
% CALLED
FOR
DONALD
DUNBAR'S
% RESIGNATION WHEN
THE
REPORT
% SHOWS AMONG OTHER THINGS
THAT
% THE
GUARD
FAILED
TO
PROPERLY
% REPORT
OR
TRACK SEXUAL
ASSAULT
% ALLEGATIONS
THAT
VICTIM
% ADVOCATES WERE
U
NDERSTAFFED
AND
% UNDER
TRAINED EVEN
RESULTING
IN
% ONE
VICTIM
BEING
INVESTIGATED
% FOR
SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT.
% IT
SHOWED
THE
GENERAL
WAS
% RUNNING
HIS
OWN
INVESTIGATIVE
% ARM RATHER THAN
REFERRING
CASES
% OUT AS
REQUIRED.
% THE
REPORT
SAYS
OVERALL
THE
% WISCONSIN NATIONAL
GUARD'S
% PROGRAM AND
SYSTEMS
FOR
HANDLING
% ALLEGATIONS
OF
WORKPLACE OR
% SERVICE-RELATED
MISCONDUCT
WERE
% NONCOMPLIAN WITH
FEDERAL LAW
% AND REGULATION
AND
IN
VARIOUS
% RESPECTS
DEFICIENT O
R
FAILING.
% >>
THE
FEDERAL
NATIONAL
GUARD
% BUREAU
CONDUCTED THE
REVIEW,
% LOOKING
AT
35
REPORTS
OF SEXUAL
% ASSAULT
FROM
2009
TO
2019.
% TONIGHT, WE
GET
THE
REACTION
OF
% WISCONSIN
ATTORNEY
GENERAL JOSH% KAUL
TO
THIS
AND
CHECK
IN
ON% OTHER
MATTERS.
% HE
JOINS
US
NOW
FROM
THE
STATE
% CAPITOL
AND
THINKS VERY
MUCH
FOR
% DOING
SO.
% >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
AS
ATTORNEY
GENERAL,
% WISCONSIN'S TOP
COP,
AS
IT
WERE,% WHAT IS
YOUR
REACTION
TO
THAT
% NATIONAL GUARD
REPORT?
% >>
WELL,
FIRST
I'M
GLAD
THAT
% GOVERNOR
EVERS
AND
SENATOR
% BALDWIN AND
FITZGERALD
CALLED
% FOR
THIS
INVESTIGATION.% THERE
WAS A
THOROUGH
REPORT
DONE
% BY
THE OFFICE OF
COMPLEX
% INVESTIGATION
AND
IT
UNCOVERED
% SOME REALLY BEING
SHOCKING
% DETAILS
ABOUT WHAT
WAS
GOING
ON
% AT
THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
% I SUPPORT
THE
WAY
GOVERNOR
EVERS
% RESPONDED T
O
THIS
BY
CALLING
FOR
% GENERAL
DUNBAR'S
RESIGNATION AND% WE
ARE
WORKING
WITH
GOVERNOR
% EVERS
TO
ASSESS
HOW
BEST
TO
% ADDRESS
ANY
OTHER
ISSUES
MOVING
% FORWARD.%>>
ACCORDING
TO
THAT
REPORT,
THE
% PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION
A
T
JUSTICE
% ENTERED
INTO A
MEMORANDUM
OF
% UNDERSTANDING WITH
THE
WISCONSIN
% NATIONAL
GUARD
ON SEXUAL
ASSAULT
% INVESTIGATIONS
TO
MINIMIZE THE
% USE
OF
FEDERAL
NATIONAL
GUARD
% INVESTIGATORS ACCORDING TO THAT
% REPORT.
% WHAT'S
THE
STATUS
OF
THAT
% AGREEMENT
WITH
JUSTICE
UNDER
% YOUR
ADMINISTRATION?
% >> WE ARE
ASSESSING
THAT
% AGREEMENT AND
HOW
TO
MOVE
% FORWARD WITH
IT
RIGHT
NOW.
% >>
WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR
% SURVIVORS
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT,% WHETHER
THE
NATIONAL
GUARD
% BUREAU
OR
ELSEWHERE TO
KNOW,
IS
% THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS
% COMMITTED TO
GETTING
% ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN THERE ARE
% CASES
INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT.
% SO REGARDLESS OF
WHAT
WE
DO
WITH
% THAT
MEMORANDUM
OF
UNDERSTANDING
% GOING
FORWARD,
THE DEPARTMENT OF% JUSTICE IS
GOING
TO
CONTINUE
% WORKING
WITH
LOCAL LAW
% ENFORCEMENT AROUND
THE
% CURRENT
STATUS OF
THE
RAPE KIT
% TESTING AT
THE
STATE
CRIME
LAB
% WHICH
IS
UNDER
YOUR
% JURISDICTION?
% >> WE HAVE
COMPLETED
TH
E
TESTING
% OF KITS IN
T
HE
BACKLOG
6789% THERE
.
% THERE
WERE
OVE
R
300
K
ITS
FROM
% CASES INVOLVING
CONVICTIONS THAT
% HADN'T BEEN
TE
STED
B
UT
WE
HAD
% AGREED TO
TEST
BEF
ORE
I
TOOK
% OFFICE.
% TESTING HAS BEEN
CO
MPLETED A
ND
% NOW
WE'RE
JUST
AWAITING
% CONFIRMED TESTING
RESULTS
ON
% THOSE.
% WE'RE
ALSO
MOVING
FORWARD WITH
% CASES THAT HAVE
RESULTED
FROM
% THAT
TESTING.
% THERE
HAVE
NOW
BEEN
TWO
% CONVICTIONS
AND ONE
PERSON
WAS
% SENTENCED.
% A
SERIAL SEX OFFENDER
RECEIVED A
% SENTENCE OF
35
YEARS.
% WE
NEE
D
T
O
CONTINUE
PURSUING
% JUSTICE IN THESE
CASES.
% WE'RE MOVING
ON
LEGISLATION
% DESIGNED
TO
PREVENT
OTHER
% THAT
HE
WILL
S
OON
AND
THAT
% LEGISLATION WILL BECOME
LAW.
% >> ON
T
HE
LAME
DUCK
LAW
S
THAT
% MEAN YOU HAVE TO
GET APPROVAL% FROM
THE
REPUBLICAN-HELD
JOINT
% FINANCE COMMITTEE ON
SETTLEMENT,
% IS
THERE
Y
ET
AGREEMENT ON
H
OW
TO
% HANDLE
CONFIDENTIAL
SETTLEMENT
% AGREEMENTS BEFORE
THAT
PANEL?
% >>
WE
HAVEN'T,
UNFORTUNATELY.
% THE REPUBLICANS
IN
THE
% LEGISLATURE
TO
OK
ACT
ION DURING
% THAT
LAME
DUCK
SESSION
TO
CHANGE
% WAY
IT
HAD
WORKED
FOR
DECADES
% PREVIOUSLY.
% I THINK THEY
HAVE A
% RESPONSIBILITY
TO COME U
P
WITH A
% SOLUTION
THAT'S
GOING T
O
HELP
US
% RESOLVE
CAS
ES.
% WE'VE MADE
SUGGESTIONS AS
TO
HOW% WE
CA
N
MO
VE
FORWARD.
% THE
REPUBLICANS
ON THE
JOINT
% FINANCE COMMITTEE
HAVE
NO
T
% AGREED TO
THOSE.
% BUT I'M
HOPEFUL
THAT
THEY W
ILL
% STEP UP AND
COME FORWARD
WI
TH A
% SOLUTION SOON
SO
THAT WE
CAN
% MOVE
CASES
FORWARD.
% THESE ARE
CASES
THAT
C
OULD
% INVOLVE
ENVIRONMENTAL
VIOLATIONS
% OR CONSUMER PROTECTION
% VIOLATIONS.
% AND WE NEED
T
O
MAK
WE'VE
% GOT A PROCESS
I
N
PLA
CE
FOR
% RESOLVING THOSE
CASES.
% BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S IN
T
HE
% BEST
INTEREST O
F
WISCONSINITES.% >>
S
O
VIRTUALLY NO
MOVEMENT
ON
% HOW
TO
DEAL WITH
THAT
ISSUE
O
F
% CONFIDENTIALITY?
% >>
UNFORTUNATELY
NOT.
% JOINT
FINANCE
HAS
ONLY
APPROVED
% ONE SETTLEMENT
PURSUANT
TO
THAT
% NEW
LEGISLATION.
% WE
ARE
GOING
TO
CONTINUE
TO
% ENCOURAGE THEM MOVING FORWARD.
% EVERY DAY THAT
GOES
B
Y
THE
RISK
% INCREASES OR
CONTINUES
THAT
% WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE AN
% OPPORTUNITY TO SETTLE SOME
CAS
E
% THAT
WE WON'T B
E
ABLE
TO
SETTLE
% BECAUSE THE J
OINT
FINANCE
% COMMITTEE
HASN'T COME U
P
WITH A
% PROCESS.
% YOU
KNOW,
I
REALL
Y
THINK
THEY
% NEED
T
O
ACKNOWLEDGE
AT
THIS
% POINT THAT THE
LA
W
IS
NOT
% WORKING,
THAT WE NEED
TO
RE
FORM
% IT AND
AT
THE
VERY
L
EAST
PUT A
% PROCESS
I
N
PLACE
THAT'S
GOING
TO
% HELP US
MOVE
FORWARD.
% >> HOW
WAS
I
T THAT
THAT
ONE
% SETTLEMENT ABLE TO GO
FORWARD?
% WAS THAT
BECAUS
E
THERE
WASN'T
% ANYTHING
CONFIDENTIAL ABOUT
I
T?
%
>> THERE W
E
HA
D A
PROPOSED
% SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE
% OTHER
SID
E
DIDN'
T
O
B
OBJECT
TO
% HAVING THAT AGREEMENT SHARED
% WITH THE
JOINT
FINANCE
%
COMMITTEE.
% IN A
L
OT
OF
CASES, A
PARTY
% DOESN'T WANT TO
MAKE A
% SETTLEMENT
OFFER
PUBLIC,
SO
THAT
% MAKES
IT
VERY
DIFFICULT
TO
% FIGURE
OUT A
WAY
TO
SETTLE
THOSE
% CASES
WITH THE
JOINT
FINANCE
% COMMITTEE, WHICH
RIGHT
NO
W
HAS
% NOT COME UP
WI
TH A
PROCESS
THAT
% MAINTAINS
CONFIDENTIALITY.% THE OTHER T
HING
ABOUT
THAT
% RESOLUTION
WE HAD
IS THE
JOINT
% FINANCE COMMITTEE
DIDN'T
GET
ANY
% INPUT
F
ROM
M
Y
OFFICE ON THE
PROS
% AND THE
CONS
OF
THAT
SETTLEMENT,
% THE
LEGAL
MERITS OF
THE
C
ASE.
% THAT'S
INFORMATION
THAT WOULD
B
E
% KEPT
CONFIDENTIAL.
% THEY
JUST
MOVED
FORWARD WITH
IT.
% SO IF
WE'R
E
GOING TO HAVE
% SIGNIFICANT CASES THAT ARE
GOING% TO GET
RESOLVED,
WE'RE
GOING
TO% NEED TO
GET A
PROCESS I
N
PLACE.% >>
SPEAKING
O
F
SIGNIFICANT
% PLACES,
WISCONSIN HAS
S
UED
% OPIOID
MANUFACTURERS.
% WHERE DOES
THAT
C
ASE
STAND
AFTER
% YOU
REFUSED
TO
ENTER
INTO A
% SETTLEMENT WITH
PURDUE
PHARMA?
% >> WE
FILED A
SUIT
EARLIER
% AGAINST
PURDUE
AND
THE
F
ORMER
% PRESIDENT
AND
CO-CHAIR OF
THE% BOARD OF
PURDUE
PHARMA.
% THAT CASE IS
IN
THE
BANKRUPTCY% RIGHT
NOW.
% PURDUE
PHARMA
HAS
DECLARED
% BANKRUPTCY.
% WE'RE
CONTINUING T
O
WORK
TO
H
OLD
% PURDUE PHARMA
ACCOUNTABLE.
% WE
ALS
O
JOINED
MULTISTATE
% INVESTIGATIONS INTO
OPIOID
% DISTRIBUTORS EARLIER
THIS YEAR.
% OUR
GOAL
I
S
TO
MAKE
SURE
WE
G
ET
% ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE
EXTENT% THAT
COMPANIES
ENGAGED
IN
FALSE
% AND
DECEPTIVE
PRACTICES
THAT
% CONTRIBUTED TO
THIS
EPIDEMIC
AND% TO GET
FUNDS
TO
WISCONSIN
S
O
% THAT THEY
C
AN
HAV
E
ADDITIONAL
% FUNDING
TO
SUPPORT
TREATMENT,
% PREVENTION
ENFORCEMENT
% EFFORTS.%>> IS THERE KIND
OF A
BOTTOM
% LINE IN
TERMS OF
THE
DOLLAR
% FIGURE FOR
ANY
SETTLEMENT THAT
% YOU'D BE
LOOKING
AT
SO
THAT
YOU
% COULD
PUT
THOSE
BA
CK
INTO
THE
% COMMUNITIES?%>>
PART OF
THE
GOAL
H
ERE
IS
TO
% MAKE SURE
WE
MAXIMIZE
OUR
% FINANCIAL RECOVERY.
% I CERTAINLY DON'T
WAN
T
TO GIVE
% AWAY OUR
NEGOTIATING
POSITION,
% BUT
WE'RE
GO
ING
TO
WORK
TO
% MAXIMIZE
WHAT WE
CAN
RECOVER
FOR
% COMMUNITIES.
% I
ALSO
THINK
IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT
% WE
HOLD
THESE
COMPANIES
% ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT
WE
SEND A
% CLEAR MESSAGE
THAT THE
K
IND
OF
% FALSE
AND
DECEPTIVE
PRACTICES
% THAT
CONTRIBUTED TO
THIS
% EPIDEMIC ARE
HARMFUL
AND
HAVE
% CAUSED
REAL
DEVASTATION
IN
% COMMUNITIES ACROSS
WISCONSIN.
% WE'RE GOING T
O
KEEP
WORKING O
N
% THESE
CASES.% >>
ATTORNEY
GENERAL JOSH
KAUL,
% THANKS