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Republicans hire female prosecutor to question Kavanaugh and his accuser

The Senate Judiciary Committee identified the prosecutor who will question Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, in Thursday's public hearing. In a statement, the committee described Rachel Mitchell as a career prosecutor with decades of experience prosecuting sex crimes. Ford accuses Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school, which he denies. Nancy Cordes reports.
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