Clemens’ ex-trainer testifies to grand jury

Associated Press

WASHINGTON

The star witness in a possible perjury case against Roger Clemens testified before a federal grand jury Tuesday, a sign that the panel could be nearing a decision on whether to indict the seven-time Cy Young Award winner for allegedly lying to Congress.

Brian McNamee, Clemens’ former personal trainer, spent more than 21/2 hours inside the courthouse where the grand jury meets.

The grand jury has been hearing from witnesses for at least 16 months as it tries to decide whether a case can be made that Clemens lied under oath in 2008 when he told a Congressional committee that he had never taken steroids or human growth hormone. It is not known how many witnesses have come forth or been subpoenaed because the process is conducted in secret, but a former pitcher (Jason Grimsley), a former gym owner from Texas (Kelly Blair) and a former New York Mets clubhouse attendant (Kirk Radomski) are among those who have passed through the third-floor courthouse doors.

“They’ve been very deliberate about it,” said Clemens’ lawyer, Rusty Hardin. “And we don’t have any idea where it stands. We’re just waiting like everybody else. They have been at it a long time.”