Clemens ready to answer questions under oath: lawyer

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Roger Clemens is ready to answer questions under oath before US lawmakers about his former trainer's claims that the star pitcher used performance-enhancing drugs, if he can make time to testify.

Rusty Hardin, Clemens' attorney, said the famed Major League Baseball hurler welcomes speaking at a January 16 session before a US House of Representatives oversight committee that will include his accuser, Brian McNamee.

"Roger is willing to answer questions, including those posed to him under oath," Hardin said in a statement. "We hope to determine shortly if schedules and other commitments can accommodate the committee on that date."

Clemens denies McNamee's claim that he injected him with steroids, saying vitamins and painkillers were in the...