February 6, 2008
Does McNamee Have A Smoking Gun?
Roger Clemens went to Congress and spoke with congressional lawyers for five hours on Tuesday. While the meeting was private, Clemens did speak to reporters afterwards and reiterated his innocence saying, "It was great to be able to tell them what I've been saying all along -- that I've never used steroids or growth hormone." One of Clemens’ lawyers, Lanny Breuer added that Clemens "answered every question that was posed to him today.”
So, Clemens has now raised the stakes and will be on the hook for lying to Congress if his story is untrue. Andy Pettitte met with the same committee Monday and Brian McNamee will meet with them tomorrow and it sounds like he is bringing some evidence to back up his claims.
Wednesday afternoon the Daily News reported that McNamee has turned physical evidence over to Congress. A source says the evidence includes vials of steroids and HGH as well as used syringes and gauze pads. One of McNamee's lawyers, Richard Emery says, "We will provide Congress with corroborative physical evidence that takes this case out of the he-said, she-said purview. From our point of view, this corroborates that Brian told the truth from Day One and Clemens has not." Now this case will likely head to the crime labs to see if the syringes were used on Roger and what exactly was in them.
Congress has shown a low tolerance for lying, launching an investigation into Miguel Tejada’s testimony from 2005. Clemens, McNamee and Pettitte will all appear in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform next Wednesday.
Photo of Roger Clemens leaving the offices of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee by AP/J. Scott Applewhite
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What about that third ear I see growing out of Rog's forehead?
This is gonna get even uglier.
Why is Congress even bothering with this? Is it really that important? Professional sports cheats? We have other things to better use our Federal Tax dollars. Do they just wanna meet their sports heroes?
Maybe Clemens' lawyer should advise his client not to arrive at a hearing on steroid abuse wearing a suit that looks like it's literally bursting at the seams like he's Bruce Banner when "very very angry."
i agree with tnturner.
I actually want players on my teams to use 'roids. They play better and with more gusto. This is indeed a waste of my tax dollars.
It really doesn't matter if players used roids in the past. What happened is over and done with.
There is a criminal issue here. Feds are investigating how they get the steroids and if it's done illegally. A few NFL players got suspensions after getting caught up in a criminal probe.
that is a seriously hideous tie.
that is a seriously hideous tie.
Always good to see an arrogant millionaire go down. From pinstripes to jail stripes.
My god, look at the size of that man. All you have to do is look at him.