Posted on 04/14/2006 3:18:35 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
Report: Feds investigating if Bonds committed perjury
ESPN.com news services
Baseball isn't the only organization investigating Barry Bonds.
CNN reported Thursday that the federal government is investigating whether Bonds committed perjury during his grand jury testimony in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case in 2003.
A person with knowledge of the probe confirmed the report to The Associated Press on Thursday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the secrecy of the investigation.
Multiple sources told CNN that a federal grand jury has been hearing evidence for more than a month about whether Bonds perjured himself during his Dec. 4, 2003, testimony. CNN reporter Ted Rowlands told ESPN Radio on Thursday night that it took a month for the network to get corroborating sources for the story.
The U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco would neither confirm nor deny that a grand jury is sitting.
Harry Stern, an attorney in the firm representing Bonds, told The Associated Press that "we don't have any knowledge about" a grand jury investigation. He also said he stands by previous statements that his client did not perjure himself during his 2003 testimony.
Bonds was mobbed by reporters after the second game of the Giants' doubleheader with the Astros. When asked to respond, Bonds said "no comment."
When asked what he would tell his fans, Bonds responded, "Tell them I love them."
Messages and e-mails left by ESPN for Bonds' attorney, Michael Rains, have not yet been returned.
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Bonds will skate. Rich, famous, sports hero, and black.
Bonds will skate.
With even more media attention coming to Bonds that of course also means we'll see more of the Reverend Jackson.
What I want to know is why anyone gives two $hit$ about this guy and "baseball?" Especially Congress. I saw the hearing on the news, and I was pissed. Don't these guys have anything else better to do than interview baseball players?
Perjury? No way. The most unlikely late-career run in the history of sports is just a run of luck. Nothing to see here.
Congress just doin' the job Bud Selig doesn't want to do. :)
Couldn't agree more with you. Congress should concentrate on other pressing issues like Illegal Aliens, our insane tax code (hint: what's April 17), why the heck we won't drill for oil in ANWR, etc. etc. What a ballplayer on the baseball field doesn't affect me one iota. It is high time for another "Boston Tea Party" to clean these people out of Capitol Hill.
Amen
They're really coming down on this guy. Steroids permeate sports, and do so with the connivance of the leagues, the fans, and the sports media, including ESPN. It would sure be embarrassing if the entire NFL were dragged before a jury or congressional hearing and asked about steroids.
Good.........
Right.. I say leave him alone.
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