Grassley claims an ex-boyfriend of Dr. Ford's disputes her testimony, so he now needs more evidence [View all]

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including her therapist's notes, which she'd be understandably reluctant to turn over to him given how that committee leaks, and all the records pertaining to her polygraph.

This was bubbling up on RW media outlets like the Daily Caller last night, getting lots of attention while the NYT bomshell about the Trump family was ignored.

Grassley sent a letter to Dr. Ford's attorneys citing a letter written by a man (whose name was redacted from the leaked letter, which Fox and other RW outlets were given) who claimed to have been Christine Blasey's boyfriend for several years in the 1990s. He disputed her claims to be claustrophobic and afraid of flying.

He claimed to have no ill will toward her, but said he'd ended their relationship after discovering she cheated on him, and also said she'd misused their credit card after he took her name off it.

Most notably, he claims to have seen her offering information on taking polygraphs to a long-time friend of hers then interviewing with the FBI (and later working for the FBI).

This explains what I thought were rather odd questions from Rachel Mitchell asking Dr. Ford if she'd ever helped anyone prepare for a polygraph.

RW media is screaming that Dr. Ford perjured herself.

What her ex-boyfriend, if he really is, said in his letter to Grassley was that Dr. Ford had explained to her friend, who was also her roommate at this time, how polygraphs worked, so her friend was "less nervous about the exam."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/christine-blasey-ford-ex-boyfriend-says-she-helped-friend-prep-for-potential-polygraph-grassley-sounds-alarm

The does not, IMO, equate with coaching someone to help them with a polygraph. It's also the sort of thing anyone at all familiar with polygraphs -- even having read about them -- would be likely to relate to a friend, then promptly forget about.


What I find MOST interesting about this letter Grassley has suddenly revealed is that the questions Mitchell asked suggest that Grassley was in touch with this unnamed man BEFORE Dr. Ford's testimony.