Barry’s only crime...was going in front of grand jury and making a statement. He should have just kept his mouth shut and no one could have forced anything out of him. He wouldn’t be facing any crime today.
Do you mean like Monica?
True, on all counts. In fact, it's not a crime to inject yourself with steroids. Steroids are NOT a Schedule III drug, unlike opiates and whatnot.
BUT, Bonds, like most narcissists, thought he could get away with anything. And, what did he want to get away with? Protecting his "legacy". However, in this country, when you swear before God to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, it actually means something. He didn't and now he's going to pay some kind of price.
I should add one caveat about "his only crime". I'm not deeply familiar with his particular case. It's possible that the Feds were also looking at him for real crimes like conspiracy to distribute or money laundering. He may have more culpability than just being a consumer of the 'roids. I don't know.
That was Scooter Libby’s mistake. There was a young female attorney that was subpoenaed by a Congressional committee and she asserted her 5th Amendment right even though by most accounts, she had done nothing wrong.
She simple was not going to allow herself to risk being caught in a trap by an unethical prosecutor. She resigned her position, but she never had to hire an attorney and run up huge lawyer fees.
That is one attorney smart enough know better than to talk to the feds.
And yet somehow Bill Clinton wasn’t even charged with obstruction.