{"id":4224,"date":"2004-08-14T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2004-08-14T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=4224"},"modified":"2021-03-22T07:41:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T12:41:50","slug":"atlanta-former-mayor-campbell-passes-polygraph-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2004\/08\/14\/atlanta-former-mayor-campbell-passes-polygraph-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta: “Former Mayor Campbell Passes Polygraph Test”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bill Rankin of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/i> reports:<\/p>\n

\nFacing the prospect of a federal corruption indictment, former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell took the offensive Friday with the announcement he had passed a polygraph examination.<\/p>\n

The examination, which cost Campbell $600, was administered Friday by a former director of the FBI’s polygraph unit who is now a private examiner in Knoxville.<\/p>\n

Kendall Shull, who retired from the FBI in 2001, said he asked Campbell questions about whether he took bribes as mayor and engaged in illegal fund-raising activities.<\/p>\n

“He passed,” Shull said.<\/p>\n

This summer, federal investigators have interviewed witnesses and lawyers representing witnesses who are cooperating in the corruption probe of Campbell’s administration. Federal authorities have obtained convictions of 10 people with business contracts or connections to City Hall or Campbell, who served as mayor from 1994 to 2002.<\/p>\n

A federal grand jury continues to hear testimony and weigh evidence, and lawyers familiar with the investigation say prosecutors are nearing a decision on whether to seek an indictment against the former mayor.<\/p>\n

The timing of the polygraph is further indication that Campbell’s defense team believes a decision is imminent. It also shows how aggressive Campbell’s lawyers will be in combating any possible charges.<\/p>\n

This wasn’t the first time that Campbell has taken a polygraph in an effort to clear his name. In 1993, when he was a city councilman, Campbell announced he had passed one after a concessionaire at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport claimed Campbell had accepted bribes.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether the results of Friday’s polygraph will ever be heard by a federal jury if the former mayor is indicted.<\/p>\n

In his exam, Shull said he asked Campbell the following:<\/p>\n