Republicans ditch female prosecutor, take over questioning Kavanaugh

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Senate Republicans late Thursday ditched their hired prosecutor and took over the direct questioning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at a hearing to air decades old allegations about a sexual assault.

After relying on Rachel Mitchell, a veteran sex crimes prosecutor, for a couple of rounds of questioning, Republicans appeared to drop her.

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