"A “he said, she said” case is incredibly difficult to prove. But this case is even weaker than that. Dr. Ford identified other witnesses to the event, and those witnesses either refuted her allegations or failed to corroborate them. For the reasons discussed below, I do not think that a reasonable prosecutor would bring this case based on the evidence before the Committee. Nor do I believe that this evidence is sufficient to satisfy the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard."And recall that the "preponderance-of-the-evidence" standard is the weaker standard of proof used in civil trials, versus the "beyond a reasonable doubt", or "to a moral certainty" standard that is used in criminal trials —
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In short, there is not enough evidence to even give Christine Ford a civil judgement, never mind justifying a criminal trial against Brett Kavanaugh.
https://www.scribd.com/document/389821761/Mitchell-Memo
Here are images of the timeline Rachel Mitchell included in her memo, with the related events from July 6 to September 26, 2018. Notice that the letter which Christine Blasey Ford wrote detailing her allegations, was delivered to Senator Dianne Feinstein's office on July 30, 2018, and that Feinstein wrote a letter in reply to Ford on July 31, 2018 —
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