Senate Republicans are bringing in Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser at Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Mitchell, a Republican, has been a prosecutor since 1993, and leads the Special Victims Division in the Maricopa County Attorney's Office in Phoenix - where she would have worked with the county's controversial sheriff, Joe Arapaio, until he was voted out of office last year.
She supervises attorneys who handle cases involving child molestation, sexual assault and computer crimes against children in Arizona's most populous county.
Christine Blasey Ford's allegation that Kavanaugh drunkenly attempted to rape her when they were teenagers has predictably raised a political storm in the #MeToo era, and Mitchell was hired in part due to Republican concerns about the optics of having the all-male GOP members of the committee grilling the female accuser.
Ford's attorney's have repeatedly objected to an outside counsel, however, insisting that the senators themselves must conduct the questioning.
Questioning: Rachel Mitchell, a veteran sex crimes prosecutor, will question Christine Blasey Ford on Thursday
Mitchell, who has decades of experience prosecuting sex crimes, 'has been recognized in the legal community for her experience and objectivity,' committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, said in a statement Tuesday.
'I’m committed to providing a forum to both Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh on Thursday that is safe, comfortable and dignified,' Grassley said.
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, Mitchell's boss, praised her experience in an interview with the Arizona Republic, calling her an 'objective prosecutor' who has a 'caring heart' for victims.
He said he was contacted by staff members of the Judiciary Committee over the weekend about Mitchell's qualifications.
Mitchell (left) is seen presenting at a 2016 conference of the National Native American Law Enforcement Association. She will question both Ford and Kavanaugh on Thursday
Prior to leading Maricopa County's Special Victim's Division, she spent 12 years running the bureau in the Division responsible for the prosecution of sex-related felonies, including child molestation, adult sexual assault, cold cases, child prostitution and computer-related sexual offenses.
The Division's other bureau specializes in family violence. Mitchell is currently on leave from her job in Maricopa County, according to Grassley's statement.
Mitchell has won several awards, including being named Outstanding Arizona Sexual Assault Prosecutor of the Year by Governor Janet Napolitano in 2003, and the 2006 award for Outstanding Child Abuse Legal Professional Award for Excellence from the Arizona Children’s Justice Task Force.
In July 2014, Mitchell prosecuted a former church volunteer in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale who molested children in his care as a church baby sitter and camp counselor over a seven-year period. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison with lifetime probation.
'People want to go to a church on a Sunday and feel safe,' Mitchell said at the time, adding that the settings of his actions 'should be taken into account.'
Him too: Brett Kavanaugh will be questioned by Rachel Mitchell after Christine Blasey Ford completes her testimony
In 2015, Mitchell prosecuted a 13-year veteran of the Mesa Police Department who groped two women, one of whom had passed out.
She has been named Arizona's Outstanding Sexual Assault Prosecutor as well as Maricopa County Attorney's Office Prosecutor of the Year.
Last year, the county attorney's office introduced a sex crimes protocol - the first in its history.
The new policy manual will ensure that prosecutors have a guide 'so that we can do the best we can for victims,' Mitchell told a local NPR station.
'It's always hard to know which victims were not victims or which people were not victims because your system worked,' Mitchell said in a January interview with Phoenix radio station KJZZ.
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Main photo article Senate Republicans are bringing in Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser at Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Mitchell, a Republican, has been a prosecutor since 1993, and leads the Special Victims D...
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