Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax passed polygraph tests about sex assaults, his office says

[DonViejo]

By Donna St. George March 31 at 9:17 PM

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax’s office said Sunday that he has passed two polygraph tests that show he was truthful when he denied allegations of sexual assault made against him by two women.

The tests were administered Friday by a retired FBI polygraph expert and showed Fairfax (D) answered truthfully in denying he engaged in nonconsensual sexual activity with each of his accusers, said Barry Pollack, an attorney for Fairfax.

Fairfax, 40, has maintained he did not assault the women, whose allegations became public in February as the Virginia statehouse was roiled by scandal in the aftermath of revelations about a racist photo in Gov. Ralph Northam’s 1984 medical school yearbook. That was followed by an admission from Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) that he wore blackface to imitate a rapper during a college party in 1980.

For a brief time, it appeared Northam (D) might step down and Fairfax might rise to the state’s top post and become Virginia’s second African American governor. But the sexual assault allegations drew calls for Fairfax’s resignation, and Northam did not resign.

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[lark]

1. His office says .......

Sorry, investigating your own self doesn't work. If this is true, why not publish the results and video and not just an empty statement? Get the proof out in the public domain so this can be laid to rest. This statement isn't sufficient.

[Demsrule86]

4. Well the accusers refuse to participate in anew Investigation.

[lark]

5. Maybe the whole thing was bogus from the beginning, that is my hope.

I am just glad the ratfucking by the VA Repug party wasn't successful, as it appears now that is what happened. Still, putting out that he had passed a polygraph test with no proof is rather lame.

[Demsrule86]

8. I think so.

[democratisphere]

2. Thankfully both Northam and Fairfax remained in office.

The majority of their voters could see through the noise and condemnation by people that are overzealous about destroying people's lives without due process.

[Polly Hennessey]

3. Amen to that.

[Mosby]

6. lol

This belongs in the creative speculation group.

[JI7]

7. while this is not reliable I did come to question the accusors

when they opposed an investigation but wanted to testify in a public hearing.

it just started to seem more political then.

[countingbluecars]

9. Could he could really believe

it was consensual and pass a polygraph even if the women experienced it differently?