Name:   phil - Subject:   Ford's story is crumbling away Date:   9/25/2018 9:26:54 AM

https://www.mediaite.com/online/hearing-in-doubt-christine-fords-lawyer-rips-senate-plan-to-have-prosecutor-ask-questions-not-fair-and-respectful/

In the letter addressed to Sen. Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ford’s legal team cites Sen. Majority Leader’s Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) speech on the Senate floor on Monday afternoon as “flatly inconsistent” with Grassley’s promise of a “fair and credible process.”

“In our view, the hiring of an unnamed ‘experienced sex crimes prosecutor’ as Mr. Davis described in his email, is contrary to the Majority’s repeated emphasis on the need for the Senate and this Committee’s members to fulfill their constitutional obligations,” attorney Michael Bromwich wrote. “It is also inconsistent with your stated wish to avoid a ‘circus,’ as well as Dr. Blasey Ford’s repeated requests through counsel that senators conduct the questioning. This is not a criminal trial for which the involvement of an experienced sex crimes prosecutor would be appropriate.”

Inconsistent with fair and credible - So why would it be inappropriate for someone who actually knows about sex crimes to do the questioning vs grandstanding senators who most of the time do not even know the law that they themselves passed.  It also keeps  the senators safe from the #MeToo vigilantes who will claim that they were attacking the victim and that they want to kill all women by attempting to ask questions to get to whatever evidence that can be presented.