On the to start with day of the hearings, which stretched late into the night, Judge Thomas, who was then 43, excoriated the committee for facilitating what he seen as a racist smear campaign. On Sunday, the third day of hearings, Ms. Hill’s reps introduced that she experienced passed a lie-detector exam meant to strengthen the reliability of her accusations. He appeared to draw a direct connection to Ms. Hill’s testimony about the Coke can.