Christine Blasey Ford admitted taking a polygraph test last month was “extremely stressful” but she was unable to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee who paid for it.
During testimony before lawmakers on Thursday, Ford was asked about the test which was administered in August while discussing details of the allegation she made that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her over 30 years ago at a party when they were in high school.
The Senate Judiciary Committee received the results of the test which indicated “no deception” on her part.
But when asked by Rachel Mitchell, the prosecutor selected by the Committee to assist Republican lawmakers in questioning, about who paid for the polygraph test, Ford was unsure.
Mitchell: Did you pay for the polygraph yourself?
Ford: I don’t — I don’t think so.
Mitchell: Okay. You know who did pay for the polygraph?
Ford: Not yet, no.
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) September 27, 2018
Townhall Editor and Fox News contributor, Katie Pavlich, tweeted the exchange as it happened.
When Ford is asked if she was advised by someone to take a polygraph, her attorney interrupts and says that information is privileged
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 27, 2018
Dr. Ford can’t recall which day she took the polygraph.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 27, 2018
Dr. Ford says she “doesn’t think” that she paid for the polygraph test.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 27, 2018
Ford isn’t sure if her polygraph was recorded or not
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 27, 2018
Ford’s responses seemed to raise more questions than answers.
Dr Ford doesn’t know who paid for her polygraph
A a likely expensive procedure at an offsite location, near an airport, done secretly, without knowing who paid for it
Who is paying for her lawyers? Who is paying for all of this?
There is something else going on here
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 27, 2018
Upon return from a recess, Mitchell asked Ford to clarify who her remark about who paid for the polygraph test.
Rachel Mitchell: “When we left off we were still talking about the polygraph and, I believe you said it hasn’t been paid for yet. Is that correct?”
Ford’s lawyers: “Let me put an end to this mystery. Her lawyers have paid for her polygraph”
“As is routine” pic.twitter.com/AEtefYA7Ps
— Variety (@Variety) September 27, 2018
The retired FBI agent who administered Ford’s polygraph test said he only asked her two questions: “Is any part of your statement false?” and “Did you make up any part of your statement?”
Jeremiah Hanafin told Shannon Bream on “Fox News @ Night” Wednesday that he allowed Ford to recount her story during the test in August with little follow-up.
Jerry Hanafin, the former FBI agent who administered Christine Blasey Ford’s polygraph test, describes that session on @foxnewsnight. https://t.co/WsBP6nJ8Vt pic.twitter.com/gDF0RAbVFb
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 27, 2018
“When you do your interview before the polygraph, especially on a victim, you don’t ask a lot of follow-up questions. It’s kind of a heinous thing that’s happened that they are alleging,” Hanafin said. “So you want to get the general facts. So to continue to ask questions and pry, you don’t want someone to get too emotional, especially a victim.”
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