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CousinIT

(12,747 posts) Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:37 PM Sep 2018

Rachel Mitchell, Republican Sex Crimes Bureau Chief to Prosecute Christine Ford Thursday

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Arizona Prosecutor, Rachel Mitchell, has been named to question Ford & Kavanaugh
On Thursday

Republican
Sex Crimes Bureau Chief
There is also a long history of controversy in Maricopa County, where Mitchell is the Chief, regarding Sex Crimes in that particular county
#Maddow

Republicans are outsourcing their job. Unprecedented.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/arizona-prosecutor-rachel-mitchell-emerges-as-gop-choice-to-question-kavanaugh-and-accuser-at-hearing/2018/09/25/47964afa-c0ff-11e8-9005-5104e9616c21_story.html

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Rachel Mitchell, Republican Sex Crimes Bureau Chief to Prosecute Christine Ford Thursday (Original Post) CousinIT Sep 2018 OP

So she'll be soft on Kav and hardcore on Dr Ford. Cha Sep 2018 #1

The 11 old gop men can't remember their high school rapes and assaults - need help. Funtatlaguy Sep 2018 #2

I'm sorry, I missed the crime for which Dr. Ford is being prosecuted ? CincyDem Sep 2018 #3

she stands accused of challenging male authority and dominance and objecting to attempted rape. unblock Sep 2018 #6

I'm sorry I don't recall a Senator Mitchell....so who the fuck is this person and why is she going FromTheAshes Sep 2018 #4

She's a Prosecutor bdamomma Sep 2018 #7

If they don't want to question her, they should stay home and lindysalsagal Sep 2018 #5

Scumbags...all of these Repukes. roamer65 Sep 2018 #8

Cha

(320,590 posts)

1. So she'll be soft on Kav and hardcore on Dr Ford.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:39 PM

Sep 2018

Funtatlaguy

(11,892 posts)

2. The 11 old gop men can't remember their high school rapes and assaults - need help.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:40 PM

Sep 2018

CincyDem

(7,412 posts)

3. I'm sorry, I missed the crime for which Dr. Ford is being prosecuted ?

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:44 PM

Sep 2018

How about we change the title to "question". Captures the reality much better than prosecute.

unblock

(56,262 posts)

6. she stands accused of challenging male authority and dominance and objecting to attempted rape.

Reply to CincyDem (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:51 PM

Sep 2018

those are crimes in republican world. that's why they got themselves a prosecutor to interrogate her.

FromTheAshes

(128 posts)

4. I'm sorry I don't recall a Senator Mitchell....so who the fuck is this person and why is she going

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:47 PM

Sep 2018

to be there. She's there because 'she's a woman'...I mean this is absurd. These crusty old fucks should be made to question Dr. Ford. Fuck them and their 'optics'....I hope it spectacularly backfires.

bdamomma

(69,629 posts)

7. She's a Prosecutor

Reply to FromTheAshes (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:58 PM

Sep 2018

and the sleazy committee repig members do not want to be associated with this could it visions of the Anita Hill trial and how they treated her like shit?

lindysalsagal

(22,997 posts)

5. If they don't want to question her, they should stay home and

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:50 PM

Sep 2018

Resign.

roamer65

(37,974 posts)

8. Scumbags...all of these Repukes.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:01 PM

Sep 2018

I am really happy MI has two Democratic Senators.

This will really injure them for the midterms...on the bright side of it.

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