As anyone who watched yesterday’s hearing knows, Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell asked both Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh questions aimed at uncovering the truth and establishing credibility.
While the hearings were not a trial, (There is no “verdict” at the end) I’ve been very interested in hearing Rachel Mitchell’s thoughts on their responses.
This was probably my favorite Rachel Mitchell moment yesterday:
She deals with sex crimes on a regular basis – and so she, better than any senator, would leave that room with a good understanding of what went down.
She’s speaking out now.
Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell told Republican senators in a conference meeting Thursday evening that she would not charge Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after hearing testimonies of the Judge or his accuser Christine Blasey Ford.
Mitchell, who took a leave of absence from Maricopa County’s Deputy County Attorney and division chief the County Attorney’s Office’s Special Victims Division to join the Senate Judiciary Committee’s team of attorneys for the hearing, “broke down her analysis” of both testimonies to GOP lawmakers. In a nearly 30-minute presentation, Mitchell went over the “facts that were established and not established” and concluded that not only would she not charge Kavanaugh based on the record of evidence from both parties, but would not even pursue a search warrant for the judge, which in virtually all cases would require the standard of probable cause to be met, Politico reported.
Brooke Singman of Fox News quoted one source as saying “Mitchell was very clear with senators that based on evidence presented, she couldn’t bring the case ‘anywhere near a court room.’”
THIS CASE DOESN’T EVEN MEET PROBABLE CAUSE.
IT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY SHOT DOWN BY GRAND JURY – EVEN BEFORE IT WENT TO TRIAL
Will this matter to Democrats?
Not for a second – they have their minds made up. BRETT KAVANAUGH IS A RAPIST – AND THAT’S FINAL.
None of this mattered. An investigation won’t matter. NOTHING MATTERS to them, other than delaying the confirmation vote until after the November midterms.