[Updated at 4:55 p.m. ET] Famed baseball pitcher Roger Clemens was found not guilty Monday of lying to Congress during an investigation of steroid use among major league players.
The case against Clemens involved one count of obstruction of Congress, three counts of making false statements and two counts of perjury. He was found not guilty on all counts.
"Mr. Clemens, you're free to go," Judge Reggie Walton said after the verdicts were read in U.S. District Court in Washington.
Clemens wiped away tears as he hugged his sons in the courtroom following the verdicts.
He was not charged with illicit use of performance-enhancing drugs, but his denial of such use was part of the case against him.
Arguments in the trial concluded last week. Federal prosecutor Courtney Saleski, in closing arguments Tuesday, told the jury Clemens "wanted to protect his brand, he wanted to protect his livelihood," in denying the use of steroids during a 2008 investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives into the problem.
The Clemens defense team disputed whether the government has made its case, telling the jury all the evidence came through a former personal trainer, Brian McNamee, who the defense team said had incentive to lie.
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At least we won't be wasting our money locking him up.
Now let's put Congress on trial for treason
Meet your Big Brother
Not Guilty America....sorry for wasting tax payer money...again.
Oh, I can sleep so much safer now that I know I am safe from... let me think... Congress?
Not Guilty!!!! Hooray for the Rocket!!!!
more taxpayer money wasted -
Uhu – and pigs fly...
Another brilliant prosecution by Holder and his amazingly incompetent justicedept. Great appointment ) you should be proud.
The Rocket is free at last free at last, thank god almighty...he's free at last!!!!
Lying to liars. What a mockery of our system.
What a waste of money. This is what we prosecute? And we let GWB pass on all the laws he broke? joke..
Bush and Cheney start a war over bogus weapons of mass destruction, kil thousands and spend over a trillion dollars and live into smiling old age. Clemens tries to keep his fastball over 90+ mph, lies to Congress about it and now he goes to jail. Does Congress have anything else better to do – like the debt and deficit?
TOTALLY agree. Why can't they worry themselves about anything really important. Can't we sue them for wasting our money like this?
JUSTICE is achieved, CLEMENS is aquitted and McNamee is shown for the Liar that he is. Plus it also shows how weak the MITCHELL REPORT is because he relied on McNamee for some of the names in that report.
Congress = owned