Rachel Mitchell, a Republican prosecutor from Arizona, arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27. U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a woman who accuses him of sexual assault will present dueling accounts of what happened—or didn’t happen—36 years ago, as senators hold a historic hearing that will shape the court’s future and redefine the “Me Too” era. Photo Credit: Jim Bourg/Pool via Bloomberg
Rachel Mitchell, in questioning the woman who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, is playing the delicate role of a prosecutor examining a witness and a forceful defense attorney.
Mitchell, the veteran Arizona sex crimes prosecutor brought in to pinch-hit for the Republican men on the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, has been a polite and engaging force, as she’s probed Ford’s memory. Christine Blasey Ford said she is “100 percent” certain Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in a bedroom at a social gathering in suburban Washington, D.C., in the 1980s when both were still in high school. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations.
