Roger Clemens To Be Indicted For Federal Perjury
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Roger Clemens To Be Indicted For Federal Perjury
Roger Clemens Reportedly Will Be Indicted for Federal Perjury
8/19/2010 1:01 PM ET By Milton Kent
Milton Kent
Sports Media Writer
Roger Clemens is reportedly facing a federal indictment on charges that he perjured himself before a Congressional committee, two and a half years after he and his former trainer directly contradicted themselves before the committee regarding use of performance-enhancing drugs.
The New York Times reported Thursday that an announcement about a Clemens indictment is coming "in the near future."
"I'm not surprised because I know the government worked very hard on this case," Earl Ward, one of McNamee's lawyers, told FanHouse. "It's been a long road. We were concerned that that given the passage of time that this may have been treated with less significance. Quite frankly, lying to Congress is a serious offense."
Clemens and former trainer Brian McNamee (pictured, foreground) testified in Feb. 2008 before the House Committee on Governmental Oversight, two months after McNamee alleged that Clemens had taken performance-enhancing drugs through his cooperation with former Sen. George J. Mitchell's report to Major League Baseball about PED usage.
Clemens responded by claiming that McNamee made the allegations up, and the two men testified on the same day before the House panel. McNamee cooperated with federal officials in 2008 to avoid steroid distribution charges.
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8/19/2010 1:01 PM ET By Milton Kent
Milton Kent
Sports Media Writer
Roger Clemens is reportedly facing a federal indictment on charges that he perjured himself before a Congressional committee, two and a half years after he and his former trainer directly contradicted themselves before the committee regarding use of performance-enhancing drugs.
The New York Times reported Thursday that an announcement about a Clemens indictment is coming "in the near future."
"I'm not surprised because I know the government worked very hard on this case," Earl Ward, one of McNamee's lawyers, told FanHouse. "It's been a long road. We were concerned that that given the passage of time that this may have been treated with less significance. Quite frankly, lying to Congress is a serious offense."
Clemens and former trainer Brian McNamee (pictured, foreground) testified in Feb. 2008 before the House Committee on Governmental Oversight, two months after McNamee alleged that Clemens had taken performance-enhancing drugs through his cooperation with former Sen. George J. Mitchell's report to Major League Baseball about PED usage.
Clemens responded by claiming that McNamee made the allegations up, and the two men testified on the same day before the House panel. McNamee cooperated with federal officials in 2008 to avoid steroid distribution charges.
Read More: MLB Police Blotter MLB PEDs brian+mcnamee
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Re: Roger Clemens To Be Indicted For Federal Perjury
This is good stuff=cleared or prisoner!
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I hope he gets the max for this.
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