Wall Street Journal publishes polygraph results backing Stormy Daniels

[DonViejo]

BY BRETT SAMUELS - 03/20/18 01:06 PM EDT

A polygraph exam taken by adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2011 supported her account of an affair she said she had with Donald Trump five years earlier, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

The newspaper obtained reports of the exam, which Daniels took on May 19, 2011. The polygraph showed she truthfully said she had unprotected sex with Trump around July 2006. She also said Trump told her she would get on his television show, “The Apprentice,” but the accuracy of that answer was inconclusive.

The White House and Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, have denied that the president ever had an affair with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.

While the exam supports Daniels’ version of events, polygraph results are generally not admissible in court on the grounds that they are not “generally accepted” as scientifically reliable evidence.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/379325-wall-street-journal-publishes-polygraph-results-backing-stormy

[mreilly]

1. LOL, I guarantee you Trump would NEVER take a polygraph..

... he never does ANYTHING which might exonerate him easily if only he were telling the truth (like release his taxes, allow Mueller to continue the investigation unimpeded, stop firing people who obviously piss him off, etc.)

[shraby]

2. It would be impossible for him to pass it unless he lies so much it has become truth to him.

[MineralMan]

3. Either that, or it would show a flatline pattern.

Trump is a sociopath. He might show the same result for truth or lies.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Polygraphs work on the principle that people get nervous when they lie,

and that stress has physiological effects that can be measured. But sociopaths can often lie without feeling or showing stress. Trump lies the way most people breathe; lying doesn't seem to bother him in the least - so he might have no trouble beating a polygraph test.

[Major Nikon]

5. The accuracy of polygraph is about the same as a coin flip

It's nothing more than junk science at its finest.

[Achilleaze]

6. If Stormy is telling true, then republican Dirty Donny* is lying

as usual.


* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief