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Michael Rains, attorney for Bonds, declined to reveal what evidence of potential wrongdoing he's discovered, other than to confirm that he's provided some of the information to Schools in at least three letters since May. Schools has been in charge of the San Francisco office since February when his predecessor, Kevin Ryan, was among eight U.S. attorneys fired by Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez in what has resulted in a national controversy. "The only thing I am going to tell you is the information I supplied him was not something under any circumstances that he could ignore,'' Rains told ESPN.com. "I'm hoping based on his review of and consideration of that information that we can have an announcement before long that will be a good announcement for Barry, anyway. And that will be that they do not intend to proceed with an indictment. "It is one of those things where I am not going to be out there grandstanding if I can get him to do the right thing. I am respectful of the process. But we've been going through all this stuff with the [San Francisco] Chronicle people saying when grand jury testimony gets leaked that the public has a right to know. Well, I'll echo what they've said, 'The public has the right to know.' And the public has the right to know of the information I have given to Mr. Schools. And it has a right to know how the government has conducted itself here and I hope the government will engage in some dialogue with the media and the public to discuss this.'' |
The attorney for Barry Bonds said Thursday he is prepared to go public with information that raises questions about the government's investigation of the baseball star unless interim U.S. Attorney Scott Schools takes what he deems appropriate action. A good place to start, he suggested, would be the dismissal of grand jury proceedings against Bonds.