Additional criminal charges filed against Milwaukee public defender [Video]

NEIGHBORHOODS. NICK BOHR REPORTING LIVE IN MILWAUKEE. FOUR MEN CHARGED IN A MILWAUKEE PROSTITUTION RING MADE THEIR FIRST COURT APPEARANCES TODAY. THE BUST INVOLVES AREA BUSINESSMEN AND LAWYERS. MILWAUKEE PUBLIC DEFENDER TRAVIS SCHWANDT, SEEN HERE, FACES THE MOST CHARGES. 12 NEWS KENDALL KEYS JOINS US LIVE FROM THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. KENDALL PROSECUTORS FILED ADDITIONAL CHARGES AGAINST SCHWANTES TODAY. RIGHT, DEREK. TWO ADDITIONAL FELONY CHARGES COMING DOWN TODAY RELATING TO MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE. PROSECUTORS ACCUSED SCHWANTES OF PAYING SOME OF THE WOMEN HE REPRESENTED FOR SEX. SCHWANTES DID NOT ANSWER ANY OF OUR QUESTIONS IN COURT HERE TODAY. MR. SCHWANTES, I REVIEWED THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT. I FIND PROBABLE CAUSE. TRAVIS SCHWANTES WANTS A PUBLIC DEFENDER FACING A COURT COMMISSIONER FRIDAY AND FACING SIX CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATING TO SOLICITING PROSTITUTES AND ABUSING HIS OFFICE. ACCUSED OF PAYING SOME OF HIS OWN CLIENTS FOR SEX. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT IN RESPONSE …