Article: Palmeiro escapes charges by Congress

WASHINGTON -- Rafael Palmeiro's reputation and future in baseball might be murky, but lawmakers said Thursday there isn't enough evidence to prove that he lied under oath when he told Congress that he never used steroids -- less than two months before failing a drug test.

The House Government Reform Committee's 44-page report traces the former Baltimore Orioles first baseman's whirlwind journey from Hall of Fame shoo-in and persuasive Capitol Hill witness to suspended pariah and subject of a perjury investigation.

Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., released the report in the same hearing room where Palmeiro sat on March 17 alongside Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa and vehemently ...

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