The outside prosecutor Senate Republicans hired to lead the questioning in last week’s hearing about the sexual assault allegations against Brett M. Kavanaugh is arguing in a new memo why she would not bring criminal charges against the Supreme Court nominee. But this case is even weaker than that,” Mitchell writes in the memo, sent Sunday night to all Senate Republicans. In the memo, Mitchell argued that Ford has not offered a consistent account of the alleged assault, including when exactly it occurred. Ford testified before the panel Thursday that she is “100 percent” sure Kavanaugh was her attacker. “There is no clear standard of proof for allegations made during the Senate’s confirmation process,” Mitchell wrote in the memo.

Source: Washington Post October 01, 2018 03:08 UTC