(Richmond, Va.) (WRIC) — The office of Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax says he took two polygraph tests that clears him of the sexual assault allegations made by two women in February.

The news came just before an interview with Fairfax’s accusers, Dr. Vanessa Tyson and Meredith Watson, is set to air on ‘CBS This Morning’ on Monday and Tuesday. It’s the first TV interview for both women since coming forward.

The first of two women to accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault says she still wants him to resign. CBS News released excerpts Sunday of its interview with Vanessa Tyson, who says Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex in 2004. The full interview is scheduled to air Monday. Fairfax says the encounter was consensual. In the excerpts, Tyson reiterates her call for Fairfax’s resignation and says she’s willing to testify about her experience at a public hearing.

Fairfax’s office maintains his innocence, stating “that a serious, fair, and impartial investigation and examination of the facts would demonstrate that these allegations are false and that he engaged in no wrongdoing whatsoever.”

Fairfax denied the sexual assault allegations when news broke in the midst of a trying month in Virginia politics that saw Gov. Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring embroiled in a blackface scandal.

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