Lawyer says Canseco's asking for immunity

He had mlb immunity his entire career

He already concocted his story in his book--- no he wants immunity!!!!

The guy is an absolute joke

Actually, his lawyer is likely giving him some very good advice.

Lot better than the advice McGwire is likely getting.

I agree with Beenthere. It is quite possible that if he goes and testifies to the committee that he actually did steroids, like he claims in his book, that they possibly could charge him with that crime.

What we have here is a well thought out process by Canseco to sell his book without selling his "azz". To date it has all worked for him

But he is still not a viable witness--

Why isn't he a viable witness? Because he admitted to using a banned substance?

Or that he outed a bunch of his buddies at the same time?

Kellerdad

No--because he is a proven liar, is a druggie himself and has been nailed for trying to run down his wife in main street in Miami


And you d o not think it strnage that we hear nothing from this guy until it is time for as book to come out and then he does the TV circuit

You cannot be that naive can you ??

There are some interesting questions being raised here.
1) Unlikely Canseco is going to be charged with actually using steroids at this point (or after future testimony) since he has already publicly admitted it and no prosecutor has brought charges thus far.
2) The immunity is sound legal advice - not so much for the steroid use per se but for the fact he is under oath. If it can be shown he has lied to the commitee, he could be subject to perjury which is a punishable offense.
3) In a trial, TR is right, Canseco would be destroyed as a witness. However, for open committee testimony such as this case, members are free to give Canseco's testimony as much weight as they desire. They are not seeking indictments or convictions (as in the courtroom) but rather they are seeking information on the problem.
4) IMHO - this problem should not be of concern to the government. I think that some congressmen are exploiting this situation for their own publicity.

Cleveland Dad

I agree fully with your 4 th statement-- I would think our countries "leaders" would have more vital concerns than what baseball players are doing or not doing.

Congress is holding hearings because steriods have filtered down to the high school level. It is a public health issue.

Public Health ???

What about the Statute of Limitations regarding prosecuting Canseco? Hasn't it already expired?