A friend of Christine Blasey Ford issued a statement on Wednesday denying she was ever coached on how to take a polygraph, after Ford’s ex-boyfriend claimed otherwise in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Monica McLean, a retired FBI agent and friend of Ford’s issued the following statement to news outlets:

“I have NEVER had Christine Blasey Ford, or anybody else, prepare me, or provide any other type of assistance whatsoever in connection with any polygraph exam I have taken at anytime.”

The statement is in response to a declaration by Ford’s ex-boyfriend in which he wrote that in the 1990s he witnessed Ford coaching McLean on how to take a polygraph in preparation for a government job.

“Dr. Ford explained in detail what to expect, how polygraphs worked and helped McLean become familiar and less nervous about the exam,” the ex-boyfriend wrote, in a statement obtained by Fox News that had his name redacted. “Dr. Ford was able to help because of her background in psychology.”

That statement contradicts Ford’s repeated statements under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee that she never coached anyone on how to take a polygraph.

“Have you ever given tips or advice to somebody who was looking to take a polygraph test?” prosecutor Rachel Mitchell asked at the hearing.

“Never,” Ford responded.

Ford took her own polygraph in August, the results of which found her claims that Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her in the 1980s were “not indicative of deception.”

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