Sunday, September 30, 2018

Memo From Rachel Mitchell Regarding Christine Ford's Allegations

Shown below are images of the memorandum that Rachel Mitchell sent to Republican Senators on September 30, 2018, regarding her analysis of the allegations of Christine Blasey Ford against Brett Kavanaugh.  Notice that Mitchell writes —
"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 —
     https://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=1586
     https://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=59

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
Page 1 of the memo from Rachel Mitchell, regarding Christine Ford's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.

Page 2 of the memo from Rachel Mitchell, regarding Christine Ford's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.

Page 3 of the memo from Rachel Mitchell, regarding Christine Ford's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.

Page 4 of the memo from Rachel Mitchell, regarding Christine Ford's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.

Page 5 of the memo from Rachel Mitchell, regarding Christine Ford's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.


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 —

Part of the timeline from the memo from Rachel Mitchell, regarding Christine Ford's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.
Part of the timeline from the memo from Rachel Mitchell, regarding Christine Ford's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.


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