Former Cy Young winner Roger Clemens will be indicted on federal perjury charges in connection with his testimony before Congress about doping in Major League Baseball, sources tell the New York Times.
View full sizeFormer Major League pitcher Roger Clemens is expected to be indicted -- perhaps today -- on charges of lying to Congress while testifying during the legislative body's investigation into doping in February 2008.Roger Clemens, the multiple Cy Young award winner who played for the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros, has been indicted on federal perjury charges in connection with his congressional testimony in baseball's doping probe.
Word of the indictment came via email from federal authorities.
Earlier, a New York Times story carried this account:
The indictment comes nearly two and half years after Clemens and his former trainer Brian McNamee testified under oath at a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, directly contradicting each other about whether Clemens had used the banned substances.
The committee held the hearing in February 2008, just two months after McNamee first tied Clemens to the use of the substances in George J. Mitchell's on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. After Mitchell released the report, Clemens launched an attack on McNamee, saying he made up the allegations.
Federal authorities had McNamee cooperate with federal authorities in 2008 to avoid charging him with steroid distribution.