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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRachel Mitchell is now earning her fee for speaking for republican 'men'
after asking eleven questions she's ready to pass judgement on Dr. Ford (she asked two questions of kavanaugh, but had no opinion)
Outside counsel tells Republican senators 'reasonable prosecutor' would not bring Ford case against Kavanaugh
But Mitchell, the sex crimes prosecutor hired by Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans who questioned Ford last Thursday, also notes, "A Senate confirmation hearing is not a trial, especially not a prosecution."
Mitchell cites inconsistencies in Ford's statements to the committee, The Washington Post, and her therapist about the alleged assault, which Ford alleges took place when she and Kavanaugh were in high school.
Mitchell also notes the lack of corroboration of Ford's account, including recalling details that could back her story.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/30/politics/rachel-mitchell-kavanaugh-ford/index.html
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Like handling the backlog of rape cases she's responsible for?
CincyDem
(6,363 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)have a TV crime trial, not a boring trial of character.
"But Mitchell, the sex crimes prosecutor hired by Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans who questioned Ford last Thursday, also notes, "A Senate confirmation hearing is not a trial, especially not a prosecution.""
Now that should be the headline.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)That would have blown the whole Kangaroo Court up from the get go and not at the end.
Also, real crime nail investigations occur firs by real investigators, not Congressional staffers, then the indictment, not the other way around, usually!
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)She had no intention of validating Dr. Ford's allegation. She was there to break her down, and when she did not, she put on her cloak of prosecutor to cast aspersions.
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)Maryland ran over three decades ago." I will say "shill" rather than some "w" word.