TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie, a former U.S. attorney, said the decision in the Barry Bonds perjury trial could be overturned because of the oddity of the decision. "I think this is going to be very susceptible to have the whole thing thrown out because the verdict doesn't make any sense to me," Christie said in an interview on...
Gov. Chris Christie, a former prosecutor, said he was puzzled by the verdict in the perjury trial of Barry Bonds, above.TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie, a former U.S. attorney, said the decision in the Barry Bonds perjury trial could be overturned because of the oddity of the decision.
"I think this is going to be very susceptible to have the whole thing thrown out because the verdict doesn't make any sense to me," Christie said in an interview on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Radio channel.
Bonds, a former baseball player, was convicted earlier this week on charges of obstruction of justice, but the jury did not return a unanimous decision on other charges, including perjury, that were presented. The judge declared a mistrial in the other charges and scheduled a hearing after Bonds' attorney asked for the entire case to be overturned.
Christie said he was reluctant to criticize the prosecutor and U.S. attorney, whom he does not know, overseeing the case because in any case there is always information the public is unaware of.
"Perjury trials are some of the most difficult to prove," Christie said. "It may have been a waste of time, I don't know."
He said he wasn't looking forward to the July trial of Roger Clemens, who is also accused of lying to Congress about using steroids
"As a baseball fan I would like this just to go away," Christie said.
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