Baseball pitching great Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, clashed under oath at a congressional hearing on Wednesday over McNamee's claims he injected Clemens with illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
Sitting together at a witness table but avoiding eye contact, Clemens again denied ever taking such substances and McNamee insisted he did -- while lawmakers questioned the veracity of both men.
At the start of a packed hearing, Clemens was confronted with a sworn statement by former teammate and longtime friend Andy Pettitte that Clemens told him in 1999 or 2000 that he had used human growth hormone.
"I think he misremembers ... our conversation," Clemens told the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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Lawyers help me out on this one...Do they have to answer these questions? What about the right to silence?
He should plead the 5th on all of it.
But what I really want to know is by what right our Congress is wasting taxpayer money "investigating" this trivia. Is there no area that is off limits to the Nanny State?
Good question II. What provision of the Constitution makes the private sporting industry game for federal inquiry?
On another note....
"misremembering"
I'ma have to use that.
He's toast , but at least he didn't end up almost crying like Mcgwire. Bonds will probably end up going down as well, but Scooter Libby goes free and impeachment is "off the table" for Bush and Cheney? What a crock of shit!
Congress has the "right" to investigate almost anything it pleases.
He should plead the 5th, but he's too dumb and arrogant to do it.
I can't stand Clemens either. A 44 year old throwing 90 MPH without drugs, yeah right!!
Congress has the "right" to investigate almost anything it pleases.
From where does that "right" originate other than a complete breakdown of our checks and balances?
Congress is supposed to make the laws. The executive is supposed to execute them.
Congress is holding Baseball's anti-trust exemption to make them do what they want. As far as Clemens testifying I don't see any real basis they have to force him to testify about his alleged use of steroids/gh. Witch hunt and grandstanding. I'm glad Barry hasn't had to go before Congres... yet.
The last comment was from Damien.
If our children need to see a black president to think they can achieve. Then they also need not see bad examples, that will inevitably follow.
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