Originally Posted by
gsteinb
My understanding is that the opposite is actually true. That it will be the PEDs that form a cornerstone of the case. Namely PEDs from drug trials that he was able to buy up or obtain somehow. It also shoots the level playing field argument in the butt, as they're drugs no one had and that they weren't testing for.
This from the Sports Illustrated piece:
the inquiry could result in charges against him of conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, racketeering, drug trafficking and defrauding the U.S. government.
I think it's the whole wire fraud/racketeering thing that carries the heavy prison time more than any drug charges, but it all gets down to the drugs in the end.