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Ford’s lawyers paid for her polygraph

By Melissa Quinn
Published September 27, 2018 5:26pm ET
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Ford’s lawyers paid for her polygraph
Christine Blasey Ford listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Chairman Chuck Grassley called for a "safe, comfortable and dignified" hearing Thursday on a sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh as the panel opened a historic hearing that promises to shape the Supreme Court's future and redefine the "Me Too" era. | (Erin Schaff/Bloomberg)

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.

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