On Nov. 18, 2005, the Congressional Committee on Government Reform closed an investigation into whether testimony of Rafael Palmeiro eight months earlier should be referred to the Department of Justice for a potential perjury charge. The committee decided against referral. But in doing so, it unloaded one of the largest information dumps involving a steroid case in baseball.
The final report included details from Palmeiro’s arbitration hearing, polygraphs, drug tests, and interviews and correspondence with Palmeiro, his wife, players, team officials and drug experts. Palmeiro believes the source of the stanozolol in his body was a tainted B-12 shot, though he acknowledges he cannot prove it.