Experienced Sex-Crimes Prosecutor to Question Kavanaugh and Ford as Vote Announced

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the third day of his confirmation hearing to serve as Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court at the Capitol in Washington, on Sept. 6, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

An experienced sex-crimes prosecutor has been tabbed to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a woman who has accused him of sexual assault.

Rachel Mitchell, a prosecutor since 1993, is currently on leave as the deputy county attorney in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office in Phoenix, Arizona. She is also on leave from her position as division chief of the Special Victims Division, which consists of sex-crimes and family-violence bureaus.