Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh say their client failed a polygraph test because he was asked strange questions and the test administrator mentioned another killer before the test was conducted.
The FBI is trying to back out of its plea agreement with Murdaugh, who pleaded guilty last year to federal financial crimes. The FBI says that Murdaugh lied about where more than $6 million of stolen client money went, and whether an unnamed attorney helped him steal it.
The federal government is basing its attempt to revoke the plea agreement on the failed polygraph test, but it has asked the courts not to release the results. Murdaugh’s attorneys filed a motion on Thursday opposing the federal prosecutors’ request.
“To allow the Government to publicly accuse Murdaugh of breaching his plea agreement while also allowing the Government to hide all purported evidence…
