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Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke told Newsmax he knows what it takes to get a conviction in a murder trial — and the Kyle Rittenhouse case in Kenosha, Wisconsin, does not rise to that standard.

''I've sat at these trials, a lot of them assisting the prosecutor and the prosecution of murder cases,'' Clarke said Thursday on ''The Chris Salcedo Show.'' ''I know what it takes to get a successful conviction. That has not happened — from the state's standpoint, anyway.''