Tejada Charged With Lying to Investigators
By Del Quentin Wilber and Dave Sheinin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, February 10, 2009; 1:35 PM
Former Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada was charged today with lying to congressional investigators about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
Federal prosecutors accused Tejada of making misrepresentations to congressional staffers during an interview in a Baltimore hotel room focusing on the prevalence of steroids in the game.
Another rule for other guys who wear suits:
The Liars' Club
By FRANK RICH
Published: April 24, 1997Big Tobacco has gotten away with murder for years -- and may yet again if we don't scrutinize every term of its latest ''surrender'' -- but what's even more appalling is that its executives get away with lying under oath. Last week marked the third anniversary of that incredible TV moment -- the Zapruder film of the cigarette wars -- in which top executives of the seven leading tobacco companies raised their right hands before Congress and God and then swore that they didn't believe cigarettes to be addictive.
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