Miguel Tejada was one of many players implicated in the Mitchell Report's findings, and though he's been one of the quieter players on the issue -- he certainly isn't raging against the media machine like Roger Clemens -- it looks like he's going to be thrust back into the steroid limelight yet again. Today, after convening Congressional hearings on the Mitchell Report, Chairman Henry Waxman made a relatively surprising announcement: House Oversight and Government Committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) opened Tuesday's hearing into the Mitchell report about drug use in baseball by announcing that he and ranking minority member Tom Davis (R-Va.) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Tuesday.That's obviously bad news for Miguel, as news that you're being targeted by the Justice Department for lying to a Congressional committee can usually be qualified as "bad." It seems unsure whether Tejada will face perjury charges -- enough to give him the Marion Jones sentence for a few months -- or will merely be publicly flogged, but either way: Bad day for Miguel.
"Tejada told the committee that he never used illegal performance-enhancing drugs and that he had no knowledge of other players using or even talking about steroids," Waxman said. "Well, the Mitchell report, however, directly contradicts key elements of Mr. Tejada's testimony."Said Davis: "We've concluded further investigation is warranted."
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1-15-2008 @ 1:53PM
S321 said...
Waxman...the jokeboy of the Democrat party. He knows NOTHING about baseball and even less about legislation, leadership or integrity.
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1-15-2008 @ 3:08PM
just wonderin said...
Uhmmm...US citizens...we will tolerate lying amongst ourselves, but we will not be lied to! Let the hypocrisy prevail!
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1-15-2008 @ 3:56PM
Nestea said...
Henry Waxman is one Ugly MFer.
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1-16-2008 @ 12:00AM
Danno said...
Gee, maybe the Orioles actually made a good deal this off-season.
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1-16-2008 @ 2:21AM
Tom said...
This congressional investigation is just another chapter in wasting our tax dollars. They cannot even keep their own house in order.
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1-17-2008 @ 2:35PM
Bill said...
I want to know why Selig is still commissioner? If the owners really cared about restoring any integrity to the game they would have kicked him to the curb like a red headed stepchild.
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1-17-2008 @ 3:09PM
gabriel said...
Waxman is a dog. Mitchell is a phoney who sits on the Board of the Boston Red Sox and could only manage to report that drugs were found in the Red Sox locker room but named no player [think Veritek]. It is ironic that a former US Senator [Mitchell] who once supposedly represented democracy and the rule of law, now puts Roger Clemens and others in the position of being guilty until proven innocent -- the exact opposite of our burden of proof standard. Mitchell, once and always the politician, strong-armed weaklings like Clemens' trainer and went on a witchhunt for any player not in a Red Sox uniform. I hope Clemens wins his lawsuit, gets into the Hall of Fame five years from now and denounces Commissioner Bud Selig and George Mitchell during his induction speech. The best thing for MLB is to end this circus and move on. PS - ask George Herbert Walker Bush [Bush 41]what he thinks of George Mitchell's character, and ask him about the budget agreement that he [GHWB]and the former Senate Majority Leader [GM]came to during the President's final year in office. Then ask him what Mitchell really did. He, Mitchell, is the one who should be investigated.
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