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Outside Counsel Mitchell Attempting to Discredit Ford’s Allegation
During the second round of questioning, outside counsel Rachel Mitchell continued in her attempts to prove the GOP narrative that Christine Blasey Ford is a pawn of Democratic lawmakers.
Mitchell asked questions about the process Ford used to select an attorney to represent her. Ford testified that she received advice from unnamed people at the beach that she frequent about the need for her to hire an attorney. She stated that at first she did not believe she needed an attorney. She described the process she went through interviewing prospective attorney in parking lots on her cell phone.
Then Mitchell wanted to know the process Ford used in selecting the Washington Post to give her story. Again, she testified that people at the beach recommended she contact the New York Times and the Washington Post. She finally settled on the Post and did not feel a need to have multiple news sources.
Also, under questioning from Mitchell, Ford testified that she contacted her congressperson’s office and the Washington Post while Judge Kavanaugh was on the short list of nominees, but neither of them contacted her back until after Kavanaugh had been selected by the President to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court.
