It sounds like Jon Jones’ camp is picking up what agent Malki Kawa was putting down. The man who represents ‘Bones’ went on the record in defense of the former champion in multiple interviews following a press release from anti-doping agency USADA. In it, they drug testing org. claimed that the athlete had received a notably reduced suspension for “Jones’ delivery of substantial assistance.” Or, to put it another way, that he had snitched on someone else violating USADA guidelines.
It was a claim that raised a lot of eyebrows and has led to a lot of parsing of language as to what “substantial assistance” means and whether or not Jones even had to be the one to give it.