Jose Canseco could be the wild card in perjury investigationsBrian McNamee, the former trainer of Roger Clemens, said that a June 1998 barbeque at Jose Canseco’s house was one of the most pivotal moments in baseball career of Clemens as this was the time and place when he plunged deeper into use of steroids.

However, Canseco has been saying for two years that Clemens didn’t attended the shindig at his home in South Florida, which cast doubt on Clemens’s credibility and raising questions about the Mitchell Report on baseball and steroids.

From NYailynews.com:

The flip-flops about the party are another indication why Canseco, who met with the federal prosecutors leading the Clemens’ perjury investigation for five hours Wednesday, could be a wildcard for both the government and the former Yankee pitcher’s defense attorneys if Clemens is charged with lying to Congress when he told a House panel in February 2008 that he never used steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.

Canseco is scheduled to appear on Thursday before the grand jury that will determine whether Clemens is indicted for perjury for his testimony during the hearing on the Mitchell Report.

Canseco has had several run-ins with the law and he’s been called a snitch by people he calls “haters” for outing Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and other ballplayers as steroid users in his book “Juiced.”

It is worth noting here that Jose Canseco has never been sued for the allegations in this book and its follow-up version, “Vindicated“.

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