Announcement of the US Attorney’s Office about close of Armstrong’s case

The case against Lance Armstrong connected with doping is proclaimed to be closed. This athlete remains to be considered a champion that won at the Tour de France 7 times.
It is known that federal prosecutors tried to determine whether Lance Armstrong and his teammates have joined a doping program. The length of the investigation has been about 2 years.
Lance Armstrong denied that he has doped. The accusations against Lance Armstrong threatened to his athletic career as well as to his Foundation of cancer research and support. The efforts to prove that this athlete used steroids were in vain.
This cyclist claimed that he had heard that the US Attorney’s Office decided to close the case. He confirmed that it was a right decision. Armstrong mentioned that he was waiting to continue his usual life, being a father, a competitor and an advocate in the fight against cancer.
Andre Birote, an attorney proclaimed during a press conference that the US Attorney’s Office closed the investigation linked with the case of Lance Armstrong. This person didn’t notice about any reason of this decision. But he just said that previous similar cases were also closed.
For example, the investigation connected with Barry Bonds was considered to be less-than-successful. Prosecutors couldn’t prove that this athlete had cheated about administration of steroids. As for the case linked with Roger Clemens, the trial was indicated for another time because the judge announced about previous mistrial.
Investigators believed that a doping program was organized by Armstrong’s team. They wanted to determine whether it was so as they suspected. Authorities investigated whether Lance Armstrong encouraged or induced doping.
In fact, prosecutors put efforts to determine whether Armstrong and his team violated federal conspiracy and fraud charges. While Barry Bonds testified before a federal grand jury and Clemens testified before Congress, Armstrong wasn’t required to present before a grand jury. Barry Bonds and Clemens were charged with lying under oath.
Frank, a former teammate of Lance Armstrong, and her wife Betsy Andreu charged Armstrong with usage of prohibited forbidden drugs. They confirmed that they were shocked by the decision to close the case. They concluded that such situations happened due to power of money.