Lance Armstrong resisted subpoena, then wanted secrecy
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lance Armstrong resisted turning over records sought by U.S Postal Service investigators, then tried to keep the inquiry under seal and out of the public eye, according to recently released court documents.
In 2011, Postal Service officials investigating Armstrong and his teams for doping wanted records from his team management groups, financial statements, training journals and correspondence with former training consultant Michele Ferrari. He eventually complied with the subpoena but as recently as October was still asking the courts to keep the inquiry private.
"They've been given everything they wanted and that they asked for ... months ago," Armstrong attorney Tim Herman said Tuesday.
The Postal Service was Armstrong's main sponsor when he won the Tour de France from 1999-2004. The team was sponsored by the Discovery Channel for Armstrong's seventh victory in 2005. Armstrong was stripped of those titles this year.
Last week, federal Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson in Washington ordered the subpoena and Armstrong's efforts to keep it private released to the public. The judge rejected Armstrong's arguments that releasing the subpoena would violate the secrecy of the grand jury process or a pending whistleblower lawsuit filed against Armstrong by former teammate Floyd Landis.
Armstrong was still the target of a federal criminal grand jury investigation into allegations of doping on the Postal Service teams when the subpoena was issued. That investigation was closed in February with no charges filed.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency investigated Armstrong for doping and in August ordered him stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. In October, the agency released a massive report detailing performance-enhancing drug use by Armstrong and his teammates. The report included sworn statements from 11 former teammates, including Landis.
Armstrong denies doping and insists he never cheated, but chose not to fight the USADA charges.
In 2011, Postal Service officials investigating Armstrong and his teams for doping wanted records from his team management groups, financial statements, training journals and correspondence with former training consultant Michele Ferrari. He eventually complied with the subpoena but as recently as October was still asking the courts to keep the inquiry private.
"They've been given everything they wanted and that they asked for ... months ago," Armstrong attorney Tim Herman said Tuesday.
The Postal Service was Armstrong's main sponsor when he won the Tour de France from 1999-2004. The team was sponsored by the Discovery Channel for Armstrong's seventh victory in 2005. Armstrong was stripped of those titles this year.
Last week, federal Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson in Washington ordered the subpoena and Armstrong's efforts to keep it private released to the public. The judge rejected Armstrong's arguments that releasing the subpoena would violate the secrecy of the grand jury process or a pending whistleblower lawsuit filed against Armstrong by former teammate Floyd Landis.
Armstrong was still the target of a federal criminal grand jury investigation into allegations of doping on the Postal Service teams when the subpoena was issued. That investigation was closed in February with no charges filed.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency investigated Armstrong for doping and in August ordered him stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. In October, the agency released a massive report detailing performance-enhancing drug use by Armstrong and his teammates. The report included sworn statements from 11 former teammates, including Landis.
Armstrong denies doping and insists he never cheated, but chose not to fight the USADA charges.
If your fortune is built and based upon a fraud, then no shizzle he wants secrecy! I think he should be sentenced to bicycling the outter edges of Alaska....in the winter.
"Armstrong was still the target of a federal criminal grand jury investigation into allegations of doping on the Postal Service teams when the subpoena was issued. That investigation was closed in February with no charges filed."
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I wonder why? If he was such a criminal and so evil and such, why were no charges brought against him??
Loser, liar and fraud.Â
People give him far too much credit for his cancer work. He only did it because he HAD cancer.
He wasn't being a great humanitarian.
He is trash. Lying, cheating trash.
 @Portlander29 Of the $400 million his organization raised over 10 years, Armstrong and his group 'earned' close to $90 million. For that kind of bank, integrity usually goes out the window. They'll strip him of his titles, but at least he gets to keep the money he's 'earned'.
The sad part is, there's still no cure for cancer. Maybe if they would've taken a portion of those donations and funded some doctor named Stanislaw Burzynski, some progress might've been made. Too bad the Texas Medical Board did everything they could to keep his alternative treatments from going mainstream.
@str1ngb3nd3r the truly sad thing is, as long as big pharma is making hundreds of billions "treating" cancer there will never be a cure.