They Oversaw Sex-Crime Cases, Now They'll Grill Kavanaugh

[DonViejo]

Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar have a unique skill set to apply for this delicate setting: They’ve prosecuted, or overseen the prosecution of, sex crimes.

Jackie Kucinich, Andrew Desiderio

09.20.18 9:07 PM ET

On Thursday afternoon, lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, said she would be willing to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week under certain conditions.

If those conditions are met, Democrats have a plan for how to handle the highly delicate proceedings: they’ll lean heavily on two female members to do the brunt of the questioning, aides tell The Daily Beast.

Sens. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) are among the more junior members on the judiciary committee. Under normal circumstances, that would mean their time during a high-profile hearing would come near the end. But the two senators have decades of combined prosecutorial experience—including prosecuting, or overseeing the prosecution of, sex crimes—giving them unique insight into the allegations being leveled against Kavanaugh. And with a Supreme Court seat in the balance, some lawmakers are considering ceding a chunk of their time to the two ex-prosecutors should both Ford and Kavanaugh agree to testify.

“We’ve got members of the committee who are far more experienced than I am in these matters,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), a member of the judiciary committee, said Tuesday on CNN. “They’ve actually handled sexual-assault cases or prosecuted public crime cases, and so they’re more likely to be agile, capable, well-informed questioners in this particular topic.”

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[empedocles]

1. With the possiblity, of Hatch in particular, asking questions of Ford,

would be so frightening to Republicons. Candid pre-negotiation Republicon 'discussions' could have been hilarious.

[liberalmuse]

4. Will he once again read excerpts from The Exorcist?

We are about to see if our society has moved even as much as an inch forward on women’s issues these past 27 years.

[joshdawg]

6. Democrats have, but republicans not so much.

Actually, reps have moved backwards.

[efhmc]

7. Not a funny subject but that made me laugh.

nt

[appal_jack]

2. Harris has already proven her mettle.

Harris' questioning of Kavanaugh thus far has been a lot of the reason why his nomination slowed and there was time for further questions to be raised. I look forward to her being in the lead during this next hearing.

-app

[Kind of Blue]

3. Amen to that!

[7962]

5. He says he was never even there, so its going to be tough unless they can prove otherwise

Is he lying? WAS he there? What did Judge say when he was questioned earlier this week? Why didnt they question him

[volstork]

8. He says he can't remember it,

So how can he possibly know if he was there or not? Sounds like dude was blacked out for most of high school.

[7962]

9. Orrin Hatch said that he denied being there at all during his questioning.

Of course, it wasnt televised either. If Hatch is lying, theres yet ANOTHER issue