Houston Astros shortstop Miguel Tejada has been charged with lying to Congress about steroids. Tejada is scheduled to appear at 11 am Wednesday morning in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Tejada is expected to plead guilty to the charge.The charge on Tejada alleges he gave false statements to Congressional staffers regarding his conversations with another player about steroids and human growth hormone back in 2005. The player is believed to have played with the Oakland Athletics with Tejada.
Tejada "unlawfully withheld pertinent information from the committee because defendant Tejada, before and during his interview with the committee staff, then and there well knew that player #1, one of his teammates on the Oakland Athletics, had used steroids and HGH," the papers state.
The court papers filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Durham charge that during spring training in 2003, Tejada had purchased a substance believed to be HGH from the player, giving him payments of $3,100 and $3,200.
In the Mitchell Report, which examined steroid use in baseball, Oakland outfielder Adam Piatt is cited saying he discussed steroid use with Tejada and having provided Tejada with testosterone and human growth hormone.
The Mitchell Report, issued in December 2007, also included copies of checks allegedly written by Tejada to Piatt in March 2003 for $3,100 and $3,200 -- the same payment amounts in Tuesday's court filing.
[HT/AP]
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