polygraph

He routinely demands that top employees take polygraphs if he suspects they are leaking to the press.

That same month, Hegseth’s team began subjecting officials to random polygraph tests, a practice that was temporarily halted after the White House intervened, according to the Washington Post.

After authorities said that the couple had stopped cooperating with the investigation, Hughes said that was not the case and instead, the child’s mother had just refused to take a polygraph test.

An attorney who spoke on behalf of the parents said she was simply emotional and declined to take a polygraph.

Earlier this week, an attorney for the boy’s father, Jake Haro, insisted the family is still cooperating, and Rebecca Haro only refused to take a polygraph when it was requested by law enforcement.