Arizona prosecutor Rachel Mitchell questions Christine Blasey Ford as she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. The Republican decision to relinquish each GOP senator’s five minutes of question time to a career sex-crimes prosecutor turned Thursday’s hearing on Ford’s accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh into a strange hybrid: part legal deposition, part therapy session. [Career prosecutor brings wild-card element to Kavanaugh hearing]By the afternoon, some Republicans appeared to be regretting the format. Huge contrast.”When Kavanaugh testified in the afternoon, Mitchell began methodically pressing him about his drinking habits and notations on his 1982 calendar. As she concluded her questioning of Ford, Mitchell seemed to acknowledge the constraints she had been under.

Source: Washington Post September 27, 2018 19:36 UTC