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Originally Posted by King Kabuki
But it gets better. Apparently a guy named Jeff Novitzky has something to do with all of this Federal Investigating. From Marion's case, to the whole BALCO scandal, to pharmacy busts, to these prosecutions for lying. He was at Bonds' and Jones' trials. Wanna know what his association is? He's an IRS agent. Yes, the tax people. In fact, ex-NFL Pro Bowler Dana Stubblefield just plead guilty in a lying about steroids case. Who did he lie to? Why none other than Jeff Novitzky. Yes, he's being prosecuted based on lying to a tax man...about steroids. Isn't that wonderful? So now if someone who works for the IRS asks you about steriods and you're an athlete, and you tell them you don't do them, but then some "investigative reporting" reveals that you did use them at one point, you're going to jail.
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Novitzki was indeed an IRS agent, but he was in the Criminal Investigations unit. It was his job to investigate financial aspects of drug trafficking. He was asking questions in regards to a federal investigation into Balco's illegal drug sales. You do not lie to a federal investigator; the althletes lying about Balco impeded his investigation.