Miguel Tejada Will Feel the Wrath of Waxman

Miguel Tejada was one of many players implicated in the Mitchell Report's findings, and though he's been one of the quieter players on the issue -- he certainly isn't raging against the media machine like Roger Clemens -- it looks like he's going to be thrust back into the steroid limelight yet again. Today, after convening Congressional hearings on the Mitchell Report, Chairman Henry Waxman made a relatively surprising announcement:

House Oversight and Government Committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) opened Tuesday's hearing into the Mitchell report about drug use in baseball by announcing that he and ranking minority member Tom Davis (R-Va.) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Tuesday.

"Tejada told the committee that he never used illegal performance-enhancing drugs and that he had no knowledge of other players using or even talking about steroids," Waxman said. "Well, the Mitchell report, however, directly contradicts key elements of Mr. Tejada's testimony."
Said Davis: "We've concluded further investigation is warranted."

That's obviously bad news for Miguel, as news that you're being targeted by the Justice Department for lying to a Congressional committee can usually be qualified as "bad." It seems unsure whether Tejada will face perjury charges -- enough to give him the Marion Jones sentence for a few months -- or will merely be publicly flogged, but either way: Bad day for Miguel.