Category: Sports Players who have Pled the Fifth
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Mark McGwire’s Fifth Amendment Plea: The Steroid Scandal That Rocked Baseball
Mark McGwire’s fifth amendment plea at the 2005 Congressional hearing on steroids in baseball marked a watershed moment for America’s national pastime. This high-profile investigation brought the issue of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports to the forefront of public consciousness and forever changed the way fans, players, and officials viewed the integrity of the game.…