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Clemens at The Capitol - The Day After
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Peter Trinkle
Published Feb 14, 2008
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Peter Trinkle
Published Feb 14, 2008
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Photo of (left to right) Rusty Hardin, Roger Clemens, Lanny Breuer by AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
And now Roger Clemens’ fate hangs in the balance. Not just his baseball fate, but also his entire future. Because there is only one thing we can definitively conclude from yesterday’s hearing in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - somebody lied. Brian McNamee and Roger Clemens told two completely different versions of the same story yesterday and if Congress decides to investigate, chances are one of them will face perjury charges.
Clemens clearly drew the ire of Congressman Waxman on two separate occasions. First, when they discussed how Roger had met with the nanny over the weekend and second when he interrupted Waxman’s closing remarks. Clemens’ attorney, Rusty Hardin, may have blundered when he accused Waxman of timing the nanny question in the press conference following the hearing.
The most interesting part of the entire hearing was the absence of Pettitte. Andy verified most of Brian McNamee’s assertions in his deposition and it would have been very interesting to hear him respond directly to Clemens’ charge that he “misremembered” things. Several Congressmen went out of their way to praise Pettitte’s honesty, which is ironic, so their decision to allow him not to appear is hard to understand. Pettitte has also been excused from reporting to Yankees’ camp until Monday; so don’t expect to hear anything from him for a while.
If you want to listen to any of the hearing, WCBS880 has it online.
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