Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday that they paid for a polygraph administered in August during which the details of her alleged sexual assault were discussed.
Under questioning from a lawyer appointed by Republicans, Ford told the committee that she didn’t know who paid for the polygraph, which her team said showed “no deception” from her as she answered questions about the incident.
But when the question was asked again after the lunch break, her lawyer said her legal team paid for it.
“Let me put an end to this mystery,” Ford’s lawyer, Debra Katz, told the committee. “Her lawyers have paid for her polygraph.”
Ford’s lawyers said that’s routine.
Ford told the committee she decided to take the polygraph on the advice of counsel but found it to be “extremely stressful.” During the process, she detailed the alleged incident involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that occurred in the summer of 1982, when the two were in high school.
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The test was administered at a hotel near the airport in Baltimore, a location selected because Ford, after attending her grandmother’s funeral, had to make a flight to Manchester, New Hampshire.
She said she participated in the polygraph either on the day of her grandmother’s funeral or the day after, but could not remember which one.
Ford said she was “scared” of the test, but was comfortable that she could share information regarding the alleged incident involving Kavanaugh, which Ford said occurred in the summer of 1982.
Ford is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, during which she has detailed the allegation of sexual assault she leveled against Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh will testify after Ford.
