In a memo sent to Senate Republicans on Sunday, Rachel Mitchell, the prosecutor hired by the GOP to question Christine Blasey Ford during the hearing with Brett Kavanaugh last week, said the allegations against Kavanaugh are “even weaker” than a typical “he said, she said” case, according to a memo obtained by the Washington Post.
Mitchell, after describing her analysis as being strictly from a legal perspective, said that “no reasonable prosecutor” would bring a case against Kavanaugh based on Blasey Ford’s recollection of the alleged sexual assault in high school.
“A ‘he said, she said’ case is incredibly difficult to prove,” she wrote. “But this case is even weaker than that. Dr. Ford identified other witnesses to the event, and those witnesses either refuted her allegations or failed to corroborate them. For the reasons discussed below, I do not think that a reasonable prosecutor would bring this case based on the evidence before the committee.”
She then proceeded to outline holes she saw in Blasey Ford’s testimony.
Mitchell, a longtime investigator of years-old sex crimes, was retained by Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans to question Blasey Ford in their stead.
Read the memo here.
Joke. Partisan hackery. TPM shouldn’t have even acknowledged that it was published.
What a relief! Thank goodness we brought the women-folk in to examine these witnesses. Pack it in, boys, Mitchell says Brett’s innocent.
…Jesus Christ, these people.
Pro-rape Republican finds in favor of rapist judge whose reputation she is paid to absolve.
The fact that she produced this ridiculous report purporting to be a conclusion when she was a paid partisan advocate proves everything we need to know about her. She should not be a prosecutor either.
WTF… who is asking anyone to bring a case against Kavanaugh. The bottom line is that Kavanaugh’s behavior is not fitting for any judge, especially not a Supreme Court justice. One sex offender on the court is more than enough
Mitchell this is not a criminal investigation, one would need a properly conducted investigation if charges were to be brought.
This was about someone trying to get the word up the chain of command that this nominee needed to be investigated. Witnesses needed to be interviewed, subjects needed to be interviewed, and then Senators needed to ask questions.
What we have here is a nominee dancing around the truth, lying, and being helped by Senators from one party.
Mitchell you were used, and I hope that you enjoy that ETTD effect. (I wonder if she was their 1st choice, or how many turned their fellow Republicans down before they landed on her?)