Congress Wants Justice Dept To Probe Clemens

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Congress Asks for Probe of Clemens
By HOWARD FENDRICH – 51 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress asked the Justice Department to investigate
whether Roger Clemens "committed perjury and made knowingly false
statements" to a House committee.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman
and ranking Republican Tom Davis sent a letter to Attorney General
Michael Mukasey on Wednesday. The two said Clemens' statements in a Feb.
5 sworn deposition and at a Feb. 13 public hearing "that he never used
anabolic steroids or human growth hormone warrants further
investigation."
"That testimony is directly contradicted by the sworn testimony of Brian
McNamee, who testified that he personally injected Mr. Clemens with
anabolic steroids and human growth hormone," the congressmen wrote.
"Mr. Clemens's testimony is also contradicted by the sworn deposition
testimony and affidavit submitted to the committee by Andrew Pettitte, a
former teammate of Mr. Clemens, whose testimony and affidavit reported
that Mr. Clemens had admitted to him in 1999 or 2000 that he had taken
human growth hormone."
McNamee, Clemens' former personal trainer, has told federal prosecutors,
baseball investigator George Mitchell and Congress that he injected the
seven-time Cy Young Award winner more than a dozen times with human
growth hormone and steroids from 1998 to 2001. Clemens repeatedly and
vigorously denied the allegations.
It was Clemens' denials of McNamee's allegations in the Mitchell Report
that drew Congress' attention.
The Feb. 13 hearing generally divided along party lines, with Democrats
giving Clemens a rougher time, and Republicans reserving their toughest
questions for McNamee.
But Waxman and Davis jointly appealed to the Justice Department.
"For the good of the investigation and integrity of the committee, we've
asked the Department of Justice to get to the bottom of this," Davis
said.
Davis was the chairman of the committee when it held its 2005 hearing
with Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro.
Clemens' lead lawyer, Rusty Hardin, could not immediately be reached for
comment after Waxman and Davis released their letter. But about 20
minutes earlier, when informed by The Associated Press that the criminal
referral would be announced Wednesday, Hardin said: "It doesn't surprise
me. We've always assumed there would be a referral if Roger testified
differently from the Mitchell Report."
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On Feb 27, 12:02 pm, chicom... RemoveThis @webtv.net (Aldo Cella) wrote:
> Congress Asks for Probe of Clemens

*sound of latex glove snapping on*

The giant ass known as Clemens wouldn't be in this position if he had
shut his freaking Texas mouth.