what did rep. lee hand to dr. ford's attorney?

by Leopoldo Conroy 9 min read

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Sep 27, 2018 · by Sharon Rondeau. (Sep. 27, 2018) — During a lunch break in the hearing for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford to provide her testimony as to her allegation that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when she was 15, a Twitter user posted a seven-second video of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee ( D-TX18) handing one of Ford’s attorneys, …

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Trial by ordeal

Lee stood accused of allowing Ford to rack up some $16,000 in unpaid bills to the utility company. The leniency was allegedly in return for Ford’s support of Lee’s selection by the council in 2004 as head of MLGW, among other things.

An iron curtain

The MLGW case traveled a long, complicated and highly publicized path over the past year. And the result of Lee’s polygraph makes at least one thing clear: The full picture of a scandal that put Memphis in the national spotlight is not likely to be known.

Some insight

At least one television news report this week about the dismissal of the case against Lee and Ford mentioned Lee’s polygraph. What was not mentioned is another prominent public figure to whom Shull administered a polygraph and who reportedly passed the test: former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell.

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