Judge Herbert Christenberry held three days of hearings from January 25-27, 1971 to determine if Clay Shaw should stand trial for perjury. We ve already posted highlights of Jim Garrison s testimony. Today, we post the entire testimony of Lt. Edward O Donnell who conducted lie detector tests for Garrison in the 1960s.
Before we start, here is the report that O Donnell submitted to Garrison regarding Perry Russo s lie detector test:
This was actually the second attempt to give Perry Russo a lie detector test More on the first test tomorrow.
Here is Lt. Edward O Donnell s testimony from January 26, 1971:
In 1993, Patricia Lambert spoke to Captain James Kruebbe who confirmed that Vernon Bundy did indeed fail his lie detector test. Clay Shaw s attorneys were not notified of this until they were approached by Edward O Donnell - and he only approached them after the trial started. He ended up testifying on behalf of
In the lawsuit to stop Garrison s perjury charges, Judge Herbert Christenberry held three days of hearings in January of 1971. Jim Garrison, still the District Attorney, was forced to take the stand and was examined by Clay Shaw s attorneys - Edward Wegmann and Irvin Dymond. John Volz and William Alford were the lawyers for Garrison.
Here are some of the highlights of Garrison s testimony:
Right off the bat, Garrison is confused about how many times he asked Clay Shaw in for an interview. Shaw came in late December 1966, and then on March 1st when he was arrested). He s not even sure why he was a suspect.