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the opening statements just started yesterday, then they started calling witnesses. this morning the government was showing portions of the 2008 hearing before congress that s at the center of this whole case. it s at a congressional hearing the government claims roger clemens lied about whether he used steroids or not. at that hearing, clemens was asked about the fact that a former teammate of his, andy pettitte, has told congressional investigators that he overheard clemens say he used steroids. at the hearing, a member of congress read out a portion of a deposition, a declaration from pettitte s wife, laura, who said yes, she remembers being told by her husband, andy pettitte, that roger clemens told him he used steroids. the judge said that s too indirect and the jury shouldn t hear that. nonetheless, the government played an excerpt from the hearing at which the jury heard exactly that. the judge was clearly very upset, it violated his earlier

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order. he said he thought it was too prejudicial. the government had said look, all you have to do is tell the jury they should disregard this. the judge said i don t know how i can do that in a case where a man s liberty is at stake, meaning that roger clemens could potentially face time in prison. so for all these reasons, he has declared a mistrial. mistrials are somewhat unusual but i guess you could say that there s less damage done when a mistrial is called so early on, when the thing has just gotten out of the blocks. so one other question here is whether the judge is going to impose any sanctions on the government for, in the judge s opinion, clearly disregarding his orders. there was a similar little dust-up yesterday over something that was in the government s opening statement that the judge told the jury to disregard. so that got the government sort of off to a bad start, and then this today clearly angered the judge. one bad foot after the other. right. it s over for n

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from the hearing in 2008 at which clemens denied using steroids in which elijah cummings a congressman reads out the deposition from andy petit s wife. that is exactly what the judge said the jury shouldn t hear. the lawyer for roger clemens, rusty hardin immediately asked the judge for a mistrial and the judge said this is a very serious matter. now judges are always reluctant to declare a mistrial, but if it s going to be done i suppose you could say it s more likely early on in the trial than after the jury has sat through a lot of evidence. if there is a mistrial we d have to start all over again. this jury would be dismissed, another pool called in, there would have to be more questions, going to take another week to impanel a jury and the government would have to decide whether to seek, you know, to do that. i can t imagine the government wouldn t. so to sum up here, thomas, judges are always reluctant to grant mistrials but this judge says he s very upset that this

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110714:15:23:00

certainly going to pursue it to the hilt and make sure that we come to a conclusion as to what really happened here. senate running baobert menen you. breaking news out of new york, possibility of a mistrial for roger clemens. pete williams what do you have. today based on evidence that was played for the jury the judge is considering granting a defense request for a mistrial. the judge had earlier ruled that the jury could not be told about testimony from andy petit s wife, he s a teammate of roger clemens, his wife according to the government had been told by andy petit that he heard roger clemens claim that he used steroids, that s hearsay evidence and the judge said he didn t want the jury to hear that. nonetheless this morning prosecutors played an excerpt

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110714:15:54:15

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