On receiving, what was believed to be the first subpoena, Anderson get to learn to appear before the panel on Thursday. He was released from prison last week on the same day prosecutors announced a grand jury investigating Bonds had expired without issuing an indictment.
Greg Anderson is vital in proving the perjury allegations as Bonds testified he was given two substances that are two performance enhancing drugs described as “the cream” and “the clear”.
Greg might be required to haul in front of a federal judge if he again refuses to testify. It is a requirement even the President of the United States has to honor.
Anderson has the same legal arguments since he is pleading guilty to steroid distribution and money laundering stemming from the government’s investigation of the Bay Area lab. This might result into his third trip to federal lockup in less than a year. He already has served three months in prison.
A Court paper connected to this probe suggests Anderson could also offer insight into the doping calendars bearing Bonds’ name that were seized when federal agents raided Anderson’s house.
It is also yet to be investigated whether bonds lied under oath when he told an earlier grand jury he didn’t know whether the substances given to him by Anderson were steroids. Bonds in 2003 testified that the substances were flaxseed oil and arthritis balm.
The new grand jury ordering Anderson’s testimony can stay in session for as long as 18 months. By law, an intransigent Anderson can be locked up for the grand jury’s full term, though a judge can free him sooner if convinced Anderson never will talk.
His lawyers say because of the leaks of secret grand jury testimony to the San Francisco Chronicle over the course of four year investigation, Anderson shouldn’t have to testify.
Also the agreement he made with prosecutors to plead guilty last year in the BALCO case stipulated he wouldn’t have to cooperate in the investigation.
“The gross, callous and destructive breaches of grand jury secrecy in this case create ample just cause for Mr. Anderson’s refusal to testify,” said one of Anderson’s attorneys, Mark Geragos.