Experts doubt claim of ‘truthful’ polygraph result from Kavanaugh accuser

By Eddie Scarry

Published September 17, 2018 8:31pm ET

Experts doubt claim of ‘truthful’ polygraph result from Kavanaugh accuser — In this June 12, 2007, file photo, a polygraph examiner applies electrodes on the fingers of a subject in Bogota, Colombia. Scientists say we all lie, and this year, politicians are bending the truth big time, with real consequences. By studying how and why we deceive, the experts say they can help us better understand the 2016 election season. | (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Reports about the woman who claims Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her decades ago state that she took a polygraph test that deemed her to be “truthful.”

But experts interviewed by the Washington Examiner doubt the significance of that finding, and assert that such tests are unable to assess at all whether a person is lying or is truthful.