GOP prosecutor questioning Christine Blasey Ford points out that a Senate hearing isn't 'the best way' to find truth


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Even the prosecutor who questioned Christine Blasey Ford doesn't think it went well.
Ford, who alleges that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were in high school in the 1980s, testified for several hours Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republican members of the committee hired Rachel Mitchell, an Arizona prosecutor, to question Ford on their behalf.
Mitchell asked questions in five-minute segments, leading to a disjointed hearing that flipped between Democrats thanking Ford for appearing and Mitchell asking for details about Ford's decision to come forward. At the end of Ford's testimony, Mitchell pointed out that it was less than ideal to break up the questioning that way. Some critics pointed out that Mitchell had helped to make the Democratic point that Ford's allegations should have been investigated separately, not just in a Senate hearing. Watch the moment below, via CBS News. Summer Meza
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Summer is news editor at TheWeek.com, and has previously written for Newsweek and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School and Santa Clara University, she now lives in New York with two cats.
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