The issue was not so much of whether Bonds knew and lied to the Federal Grand Jury, but whether the government could prove it. Although the government spent tens of millions of dollars, their case was weak and based on circumstantial evidence.
The biggest gaffe federal prosecutors made was when their own witness, Dr. Arthur Ting, contradicted earlier testimony by another of their star witnesses, Bonds' former business manager and friend, Steve Hoskins.
In Law School 101, the first thing you are taught is that you better know the answer before you ask a question of any witness. Ting's blatant contradiction of Hoskins' testimony ...
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