Prosecutor dismisses criminal charges against Kavanaugh

The sexual abuse case against Judge Brett Kavanaugh may have
suffered a setback as Rachel Mitchell, prosecutor in charge of the
matter says information by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford last week, are
inconsistent.

Mitchell wrote in a memo released late Sunday that there were
inconsistencies in Ford’s testimony and that given the information
at hand she would not bring criminal charges against Kavanaugh.

The prosecutor who was hired by the Senate Judiciary Committee
to assist Republicans, addressed the letter to “All Republican
Senators,” said no senator approved the memo.

She identified Ford’s case as an example of “he said, she said,”
noted in the assessment that she is a Republican, but not a
political person.

Ford, a California psychology professor, claims Kavanaugh
assaulted her while at a house party in the 1980s when they were
both teenagers. She said he pinned her to a bed, attempted to
forcibly remove her clothes and prevented her from screaming.

Ford said she was “100 per cent” certain that Kavanaugh was her
attacker.

Kavanaugh has vehemently denied the allegations.

Mitchell, who worked as a sex-crimes prosecutor for nearly 25
years in Arizona, pointed out that Ford appeared to jump around on
the timing of the alleged sexual assault, ranging from the “mid
1980s” to “early 1980s,” and then the “summer of 1982.”

“While it is common for victims to be uncertain about dates, Dr.
Ford failed to explain how she was suddenly able to narrow the
timeframe to a particular season and particular year,” she
wrote.

Mitchell also pointed out that Ford has a history of struggling
to name Kavanaugh as her attacker, noting that his name was not in
notes from her 2012 marriage therapy or her individual therapy in
2013.

Ford also appears unable to remember key elements about the
incident, Mitchell wrote. She does not recall how she got to the
party or back home and she does not remember the house where the
alleged assault took place.

She said Ford’s account has not been corroborated by anyone who
she identified as attending the party, including a “lifelong
friend.”

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, a Republican
from Iowa, said last week that he hired Mitchell because he wanted
a hearing that “is safe, comfortable and dignified” for both Ford
and Kavanaugh.

He said the “goal” of Mitchell’s hiring is to “de-politicize the
process and get to the truth, instead of grandstanding and giving
senators an opportunity to launch their presidential
campaigns.”

Since the hearing, President Trump ordered the FBI to conduct a
limited, one-week “supplemental” background investigation into the
allegations against Kavanaugh.