Exculpatory was never seared into her hippocampus.
LOL !!! Good One !!! (I like your tag as well)
Sweet!
“I wondered how she didn’t know what exculpatory meant”
She performed as a hypnotically regressed child / teenager or that is one of her alters / personalities as a CIA MK Ultra mind control (sex abuse) victim.
A person who has been hypnotized to believe an event occurred can pass a lie detector test and can also come across as a fairly credible witness... except for all the missing details that are not corroborated by physical evidence or concurring testimonies.
Dr. Ford became visibly uncomfortable and evasive when questioned about the causes of her PTSD. It is clear that something more than being groped and narrowly escaping rape caused her emotional problems. I suspect that it is the result of her having her mind methodically fractured by ritual torture and sex abuse from early childhood. This is a subject that most people have difficulty understanding or even accepting exists, but there are millions of such mind slaves in this nation alone.