Who testified
Robert Clinton, a law professor at Arizona State University who sat on the investigative panel that reviewed Churchill’s scholarship, testified for the university out of turn because of a scheduling conflict.
Eric Cheyfitz, a professor of American studies at Cornell University, testified for Churchill.
What they said
Clinton said some of Churchill’s published work began with a solid hypothesis but then went beyond the historical record without a basis in fact.
At times, Clinton testified, Churchill cited other published work as the sources of his information, when those citations did not support Churchill’s conclusion.
He also said that Churchill’s publication of works under other names, and his citation of those works later as though they were written by other scholars, was the equivalent of falsifying data.
“The general theme of his scholarship was correct. The problem was in the embellishment and the details,” Clinton said. Cheyfitz, however, testified however that Churchill’s work was “exceptional.”
Coming Monday
Investigative panel member Michael Radelet, a university professor, will testify, likely followed by Churchill.
