The embattled lieutenant governor of Virginia, facing multiple allegations of sexual assault, said Sunday that he passed two polygraph tests to prove his innocence.
Justin Fairfax said in a statement that he was administered two separate polygraph tests -- one for each accuser -- by former FBI polygraph expert Jeremiah Hanafin, who also performed tests for Christine Blasey Ford during her sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
"When asked: 'Did you engage in any non-consensual sexual activity with Vanessa Tyson?,' Lt. Governor Fairfax answered 'no.' The polygraph examination showed that this was a truthful answer," the statement read. "When asked: 'Did you engage in any non-consensual sexual activity with Meredith Watson?,' Lt. Governor Fairfax answered 'no.' The polygraph examination showed that this was a truthful answer."
Fairfax's statement also claimed the polygraph results concluded that he was "telling the truth when he denied specific allegations" by Tyson and Watson.
Tyson has accused Fairfax of forcing her to perform oral sex on him in his hotel room at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, while Watson claims he raped her while they were at Duke University.
Fairfax has denied any misconduct and refused to resign, despite calls to do so from prominent Democrats including Sen. Tim Kaine and former Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
Tyson, in her first TV interview, said she wants to testify in front of the Virginia Assembly.
"In my ideal world, I'd want him to resign," the Scripps College associate professor told Gayle King in a "CBS This Morning" interview scheduled to air Monday.
"I would want Meredith (Watson), myself and Mr. Fairfax to be able to speak. To be heard. And particularly for survivors, I think this is incredibly important...we need to be treated as the human beings that we are."
The Virginia government has found itself embroiled in scandal recently, after Gov. Ralph Northam's 1984 medical school yearbook resurfaced last month, including a photo with one person in blackface and another in a KKK outfit. He initially apologized, then denied that he was either person. Northam also admitted to having donned blackface for a Michael Jackson costume.
Attorney General Mark Herring, the third in line, also admitted that he wore blackface to a college party in 1980.
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