Clemens indicted for perjury

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Clemens to Be Indicted for Perjury in Doping Testimony

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT

Federal authorities have decided to indict Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, according to two people briefed on the matter.

An announcement is expected shortly.

The indictment comes nearly two and half years after Clemens and his former trainer Brian McNamee testified under oath at a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, directly contradicting each other about whether Clemens had used the banned substances.

The committee held the hearing in February 2008, just two months after McNamee first tied Clemens to the use of the substances in George J. Mitchell’s report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. After Mitchell released the report, Clemens launched an attack on McNamee, saying he made up the allegations.

Federal authorities had McNamee cooperate with federal authorities in 2008 to avoid charging him with steroid distribution.Clemens will become the second baseball star from the past decade to be indicted for making false statements about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. In 2007, federal authorities in San Francisco indicted Barry Bonds, the career home run leader, on charges he perjured himself before a grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative. Bonds, who has retired, is cheduled to go on trial next March.

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***Burn baby burn

[Northern Wish]

Fuck me and my box of Roger collectibles.....

Those $4 starting lineup figures I bought back in 1992 went up to about $150 a piece. Now I'd be lucky to get $25 for them. Thank god I dumped two on ebay a few years back.

Anyone want a M condition Fleer rookie card?

I'll trade it for a pack of gum or 3 smokes.....

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C'mon he just misremembered

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Roger "don't call me asterisk" Clemens.

[Guest Low Roller]

I guess he didn't learn anything when he lied the first time

"I never took HGH or steroids. And I did not lie to Congress," Clemens said in a statement posted on the website Twitter. "I look forward to challenging the government's accusations, and hope people will keep an open mind until trial. I appreciate all the support I have been getting. I am happy to finally have my day in court."

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Roger "don't drop the soap" Clemens.