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McNamee's lawyer predicts presidential pardon for Clemens
AP & Dallas Morning News ^ | February 14, 2008

Posted on 02/14/2008 11:38:14 AM PST by JZelle

One of Brian McNamee's lawyers predicted that Roger Clemens will be pardoned by President Bush, saying some Republicans treated his client harshly because of the pitcher's friendship with the Bush family.

Lawyer Richard Emery made the claims Thursday, a day after a congressional hearing broke down along party lines. Many Democrats were skeptical of Clemens' denials that he used performance-enhancing drugs and Republicans questioned the character of McNamee, the personal trainer who made the accusations against the seven-time Cy Young Award winner.

"It would be the easiest thing in the world for George W. Bush given the corrupt proclivities of his administration to say Roger Clemens is an American hero, Roger Clemens helped children," Emery said in a telephone interview. "It's my belief they have some reason to believe they can get a pardon."

During Wednesday's session before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Clemens repeated his denials under oath, which could lead to criminal charges if federal prosecutors conclude he made false statements or obstructed Congress.

"I'm not aware of Mr. Clemens having been charged with anything," White House deputy press secretary Tony Fratto said after being told of Emery's remarks.

Emery cited Bush's decision last year to commute the 2 1/2-year prison sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, his vice president's former top aide. Libby was convicted in the case of the leaked identity of a CIA operative.

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: baseball; clemens; mcnamee; richardemery; steroids
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While those border agents rot? Say it ain't gonna be Jorge!
1 posted on 02/14/2008 11:38:17 AM PST by JZelle
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To: JZelle

This guy knows his client is toast and is throwing mud at whomever he can.


2 posted on 02/14/2008 11:39:56 AM PST by statered ("And you know what I mean.")
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To: JZelle

Man has not been charged with thing one. And he won’t be.


3 posted on 02/14/2008 11:41:58 AM PST by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: JZelle
"It would be the easiest thing in the world for George W. Bush given the corrupt proclivities of his administration to say Roger Clemens is an American hero, Roger Clemens helped children," Emery said in a telephone interview. "It's my belief they have some reason to believe they can get a pardon."

The only people dirtier than Clemens in this fiasco are Clemens' accuser and his lawyer.

4 posted on 02/14/2008 11:42:39 AM PST by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: JZelle
Since his lawyer is voyaging into fortune telling, can he also tell me WTF Congress is doing wasting their time with this ridiculous trash?

Aren't there REAL problems that face this country that should be dealt with BEFORE pro-athlete steroid use. I mean, who gives a shit.

Why dont we purposely start feeding pro-athletes heroin or crack so we can watch them drool and fall down as they attempt to run bases or throw a ball. I'll actually start watching sports if we do that.

5 posted on 02/14/2008 11:44:14 AM PST by SwankyC (McCain is the wrong liberal for the job.)
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To: JZelle

In order to be pardoned, doesn’t he first have to be charged with a crime?

I would think the drug pusher should be sweating bullets right now, after admitting he kept gauze and used needles for the express purpose of blackmailing Roger Clemens.


6 posted on 02/14/2008 11:44:31 AM PST by TommyDale (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: JZelle

Clemens will soon be on the mound pitching at a Federal Prison.


7 posted on 02/14/2008 11:44:57 AM PST by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: wideawake

“given the corrupt proclivities of his administration”

Anyone know this moonbats DU handle?


8 posted on 02/14/2008 11:45:46 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: JZelle

I didn’t waste my time watching the hearings, but from the bits that were shown on sports and news channels, McNamee looked to me like an opportunistic weasel.

His explanation of why he saved those syringes and patches all those years was inane. Because he didn’t trust Clemens? That makes zero sense.


9 posted on 02/14/2008 11:45:47 AM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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“The only people dirtier than Clemens in this fiasco are Clemens’ accuser and his lawyer.”

Yup, it’s hard to feel much sympathy for these dirtbags. In fact it appears to me that much of baseball, players all the way up to the Commish, are involved.

What I find very odd is the partisan nature of the questioning yesterday. Makes me wonder who’s on the Baseball Inc. payroll.


10 posted on 02/14/2008 11:47:16 AM PST by live+let_live
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To: TommyDale

The gauze and needles are like that blue dress.


11 posted on 02/14/2008 11:47:17 AM PST by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: savedbygrace

No evidence of HGH use. Medical impossibility.


12 posted on 02/14/2008 11:47:24 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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Don’t you have to be charged, tried and convicted ... then go through the entire appeals process ... before you get a pardon? Bush ain’t even gonna be in office long enough to get the first two of those out of the way, but that won’t stop the media from repeating this crap.


13 posted on 02/14/2008 11:47:25 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the paramedics!)
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To: SwankyC

Would you prefer they do things like this:

http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2433.html


14 posted on 02/14/2008 11:47:55 AM PST by JZelle
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While those border agents rot? Say it ain't gonna be Jorge! Jorge W. Bush is a huge baseball fan.
15 posted on 02/14/2008 11:48:06 AM PST by pnh102
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To: SwankyC
Dock Ellis threw his only no-hitter on two hits of purple microdot acid back in 1070 with Pittsburgh.


16 posted on 02/14/2008 11:48:33 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("There is no civility, only politics.")
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

As I said, I didn’t watch the hearings. What does that mean? Please flesh it out a bit more.


17 posted on 02/14/2008 11:48:55 AM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: trumandogz

No chain of custody. Gotta follow the strict rules of evidence here.....

I’m no Clemens fan, but you gotta give the man his props....and the benefit of the doubt. Its his accuser who’s the real sleazeball here.


18 posted on 02/14/2008 11:50:49 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("There is no civility, only politics.")
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

No.

Ford pardoned Nixon, remember. Nixon hadn’t been charged with anything.


19 posted on 02/14/2008 11:51:33 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("There is no civility, only politics.")
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To: JZelle

Personally, I hope Bush does pardon him. Congress has no business investigating this to begin with. Congress is not a prosecutorial body.


20 posted on 02/14/2008 11:51:41 AM PST by Brilliant
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