Charges in USA v William Roger Clemens
Roger Clemens was found not guilty Monday of all charges in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., relating to his sworn deposition to the staff of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Feb. 5, 2008, and his testimony before the committee on Feb. 13, 2008. Clemens had been charged with:
Count 1) Obstructed Congress when he:
(1) said in his deposition he never used human growth hormone.
(2) said in his deposition he never spoke to Brian McNamee about using HGH.
(3) testified at the hearing he never taken HGH.
(4) said in his deposition he had never used steroids.
(5) testified at the hearing he had never taken steroids.
(6) said in his deposition McNamee injected him with vitamin B12.
(7) said in his deposition ''four or five needles'' of B12 would be ''already lined up ready to go'' in the trainers' room after games.
(8) testified at the hearing McNamee injected him with vitamin B12.
(9) said in his deposition McNamee injected him with lidocaine.
(10) testified at the hearing McNamee injected him with lidocaine.
(11) testified at the hearing Andy Pettitte ''misheard'' or ''misremember(ed)'' that Clemens told Pettitte in 1999 or 2000 that Clemens had taken HGH.
(12) said in his deposition McNamee injected Clemens' wife Debbie inside Clemens' home in Houston without Clemens' prior knowledge or approval.
(13) said in his deposition he was not at Jose Canseco's house on or about June 9, 1998
Count 2) Made false statements in his deposition when he denied using HGH.
Count 3) Made false statements in his deposition when he denied using steroids.
Count 4) Made false statements in his deposition when he said McNamee injected him with vitamin B12 four-to-six times in 1998 in Toronto and in New York.
Count 5) Committed perjury when he testified at the hearing he had never received HGH from McNamee.
Count 6) Committed perjury when he testified at the hearing he had never taken steroids.