July 03, 2012
Former baseball star Roger Clemens, who was found not guilty last month of lying to Congress about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs, cannot recover legal fees from a previous case that ended in a mistrial, a Washington federal judge said Monday.
June 27, 2012
A Washington federal judge on Wednesday granted The Washington Post's request for access to the names of the jurors who acquitted former Major League Baseball pitching ace Roger Clemens of lying to Congress about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs.
June 18, 2012
Former Major League Baseball pitching ace Roger Clemens was found not guilty Monday of lying to Congress about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs, marking the second time the potential Hall of Fame pitcher has escaped the controversial charges.
June 18, 2012
Despite Monday's acquittal, the lengthy perjury trial of Roger Clemens highlights just how risky it is to testify before Congress and should convince other would-be witnesses to think twice before agreeing to talk to lawmakers, experts say.
June 13, 2012
Jurors continued deliberations in the perjury trial of Roger Clemens on Wednesday afternoon after receiving an evidence list to aid in their discussions, while the attorneys worried another juror may have slept through part of the case's closing arguments.
June 12, 2012
Prosecutors in Roger Clemens' perjury trial in Washington emphasized in closing arguments Tuesday that the pitcher wove a web of lies to deny, distance and discredit allegations from his former trainer Brian McNamee, who claimed Clemens used performance-enhancing drugs during his baseball career.
June 11, 2012
Both sides of the Roger Clemens perjury trial rested their cases Monday without the pitcher taking the stand, as the defense claimed Clemens' accuser Brian McNamee isn't credible and the government maintained the physical evidence McNamee turned over tying Clemens to performance-enhancing drug use isn't fabricated.
June 08, 2012
Debbie Clemens scored points Friday for her husband Roger's perjury defense when she told jurors trainer Brian McNamee gave her a human growth hormone shot years before he said in testimony, but she aided the prosecution by placing the pitcher at Jose Canseco's home the day of an alleged party.
June 05, 2012
A forensic toxicologist told jurors on Tuesday that medical waste stored for six years in a crushed beer can that allegedly implicates Roger Clemens in the use of performance-enhancing drugs is likely cross-contaminated and would hold little credence in the scientific world.
June 04, 2012
A Washington federal judge refused Monday to force Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., to testify in Roger Clemens' perjury trial, saying Issa's previous criticism of a 2008 congressional probe into Major League Baseball steroid use isn't an adequate challenge of the investigation's legitimacy.