Congress will not be pursuing perjury charges against Sosa
Former Major League slugger Sammy Sosa will not be facing an investigation for perjury, as per The Associated Press.
The Associated Press reported that the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reported that the panel will not have the Justice Department look into whether Sosa lied during a March 2005 hearing before the Congress.
From mlb.mlb.com:
After Sosa’s name was revealed last June to reportedly be on a list of baseball players who allegedly failed drug tests in 2003, the chairman of the committee said he would look into possibly investigating Sosa for perjury, The AP wrote.
“After a review of the matter, we will not be taking any action,” committee spokeswoman Jenny Thalheimer Rosenberg told The AP.
According to the report, the committee might have been swayed toward not proceeding because of a five-year statute of limitations in such perjury cases with a deadline to press charges that expired in March.
That means Sosa, who hit 609 home runs over 18 big league seasons, will not face the same type of investigation currently surrounding former pitcher Roger Clemens, who told Congress in 2008 that he had not used steroids or human growth hormone and later had his testimony contradicted by Brian McNamee, his former personal trainer.
Committee spokeswoman Jenny Thalheimer Rosenberg told The AP that Sosa will not be facing any action.
Tags: Brian McNamee, human growth hormone, Sammy Sosa, Steroids
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