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Clemens Acquitted On All Counts

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 04:18:55 PM EST
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NYTimes:

Roger Clemens, whose hard throws intimidated even the toughest batters and turned him into one of the best pitchers in baseball history, was acquitted Monday of charges that he lied to Congress in 2008 when he insisted he never used steroids or human growth hormone during his remarkably lengthy career.

Much more to come from Jeralyn I am sure.

Update (TL): Clemens addresses the press here. Congrats to Rusty and the defense team. I think it's way past time for agent Jeff Novitsky to move on. How many millions did our government spend on Balco, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens? (And its investigation or Lance Armstrong which didn't result in criminal charges.)

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    Sounds like the US attorneys should get... (5.00 / 4) (#1)
    by magster on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 04:28:12 PM EST
    ... out of the business of big TMZ prosecutions and stick to cases they can ethically prove to a jury.

    it's nice to know that the DOJ (5.00 / 3) (#10)
    by cpinva on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 06:42:31 PM EST
    has taken care of all the real cases out there, giving them time and excess resources to go after such as clemons and armstrong. why, after they prosecuted all those wall street folks, who were responsible for the crash of 2008, you'd have thought they'd be worn out.

    oh, wait, um..........................never mind!

    Personally, while I find Clemens' denials ... (4.50 / 4) (#2)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 04:52:40 PM EST
    ... of steroid use really hard to believe, this was obviously a case of selective prosecution.

    Clemens hardly merited being singled out for not being truthful to Congress, when banksters are laughing all the way back to their home offices and promising business as usual, and former Bush administration officials who purposely misled Congress into authorizing use of military force against Saddam Hussein's Iraq are presently advising Mitt Romney's campaign on foreign policy.

    Of course, if one were to prosecute everyone who lied to Congress, the docket would be so full that the federal courts in D.C. wouldn't have time to pursue anything else.

    A two-fer. (4.00 / 1) (#6)
    by lentinel on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 06:02:02 PM EST
    Clemens hardly merited being singled out for not being truthful to Congress, when former Bush administration officials who purposely misled Congress into authorizing use of military force against Saddam Hussein's Iraq are presently advising Mitt Romney's campaign on foreign policy..

    Please.
    You should not even hint that we prosecute the former President and Vice-President for deliberately lying to the Congress and the American people and driving us into senseless wars, torturing "suspects", and killing hundreds of thousands. They must continue to roam free, make even more money and advise Presidential candidates.

    We must, in the words of the current President and probable Democratic nominee, "move on".

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    Good, glad it's over (none / 0) (#3)
    by Dadler on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 05:06:25 PM EST
    Happy the gov't got their aces handed to them.  Now what we need is some of them All Drug Olympics (link).

    Refund (none / 0) (#4)
    by friendofinnocence on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 05:53:55 PM EST
    So, what does he have to do to get his legal expenses back?

    Ain't Happening (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by bmaz on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 05:59:54 PM EST
    ...Sorry to say.

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    And (none / 0) (#8)
    by lentinel on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 06:03:42 PM EST
    what about the money the taxpayers fronted for this charade?


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    He would have to prove a claim (none / 0) (#7)
    by Peter G on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 06:02:41 PM EST
    under the so-called "Hyde Amendment," enacted in 1997. Very difficult to do; very high standard.  That he was acquitted is not nearly enough.

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    Never understood (none / 0) (#9)
    by labrat on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 06:06:42 PM EST
    why they felt compelled to stick their noses into baseball in the first place.

    Two Words... (none / 0) (#11)
    by DebFrmHell on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 07:51:01 PM EST
    Jose Canseco.  IMO.

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    Wrong two words. The right ones (none / 0) (#12)
    by scribe on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 08:06:34 PM EST
    "union busting".

    This was Bushie paying back his baseball owner buddies - how he got his start on the way to the WH - by helping them put the wood to the Players Union.

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    blind bush hatred (none / 0) (#13)
    by diogenes on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 10:14:16 PM EST
    Perjury traps for phantom crimes are a drag, but surely you aren't saying that steroid use is a GOOD thing in baseball?

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    This is so silly I don't even know what to say (none / 0) (#15)
    by Slayersrezo on Tue Jun 19, 2012 at 12:30:56 AM EST
    "Union busting"?

    Seems spectacularly unsuccessful to me. The MLBPU seems as powerful as its ever been the past 20 years.

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    Wrong two words (none / 0) (#16)
    by jbindc on Tue Jun 19, 2012 at 07:59:48 AM EST
    Try "Legal Monopoly"

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    Lucky for Roger that Andy (none / 0) (#14)
    by oculus on Mon Jun 18, 2012 at 10:50:52 PM EST
    waffled.  

    That testimony by Andy was music to my ears (none / 0) (#17)
    by friendofinnocence on Tue Jun 19, 2012 at 11:42:03 AM EST
    I absolutely do not like the way the issue changed from actually using steroids and HGH to whether or not a player would admit it.

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    Pettitte did not waffle (none / 0) (#18)
    by bmaz on Tue Jun 19, 2012 at 01:08:31 PM EST
    What he testified to in court was the same he had given to congressional investigators if you really look at it.  It is just that DOJ and a lot of sloppy press had been misrepresenting it.

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    In this area, government should be smaller (none / 0) (#19)
    by unitron on Tue Jun 19, 2012 at 07:21:49 PM EST
    How about we let professional sports spend its own money to police itself?

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