Below The Beltway

Or, something like that:
Andy Pettitte was not surprised to learn that his friend and former teammate, Roger Clemens, is being investigated by the Department of Justice for possibly making false statements to Congress earlier this month.
“In my mind, I was prepared that it might happen,” Pettitte, the Yankees’ left-hander, said at Legends Field on Thursday. [...]

Not surprisingly, the FBI announced that it was opening an investigation to determine if Roger Clemens’ committed perjury during his February 13th Congressional testimony:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has begun investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress when he denied taking steroids, officials said Thursday in the case of another baseball star snared in a [...]

I knew this would happen, I just knew it.
The House Oversight And Government Reform Committee, which hasn’t done much oversight or proposed any government reform lately, is asking the Justice Department to investigate Roger Clemens’ Congressional testimony for possible perjury charges:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Roger Clemens ”committed perjury [...]

Even before this month’s hearings, the Roger Clemens case had already taken a bizarre turn when it was revealed that Brian McNamee had claimed that he had given HGH to Clemens’ wife Debbie prior to her appearance in a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
Now, there’s another bit of bizarre evidence involving Mrs. Clemens:
Congress is believed to [...]

The New York Times reports today that the House Committee that investigated the Mitchell Report may be about to refer the matter of Roger Clements to Justice Department:
A Congressional committee has taken the first steps toward asking the Department of Justice to launch a criminal investigation into whether Roger Clemens committed perjury during testimony about [...]

When Andy Pettitte spoke yesterday, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, and Derek Jeter were in the front row supporting him and today, more Yankees are speaking up for him:
TAMPA, Fla. — As veteran position players reported to Yankees’ training camp on Tuesday to join the pitchers and catchers, the conversation about the use of performance-enhancing drugs [...]

Andy Pettitte returned to spring training yesterday and addressed the media, his teammates, and the fans:
TAMPA, Fla. — In a one-hour news conference Monday that neither he nor the Yankees could have ever wished on themselves, a composed Andy Pettitte apologized for using human growth hormone in 2002 and 2004, said there was no other [...]

Andy Pettitte finally reports to spring training today, and he’ll spend the day talking about his use of Human Growth Hormone:
TAMPA, Fla. — Andy Pettitte will not be under oath Monday, but he will be in the spotlight when he meets with the news media for the first time to discuss his admitted use of [...]

Rogers Clemens’ jersey has been removed from a display at the Yogi Berra Museum:
The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center last week removed a Roger Clemens jersey from an exhibit about the Yankee renaissance that started in the mid-1990s.
“We’re trying to project the positive virtues of baseball,” said David Kaplan, the director of the [...]

Apparently, Henry Waxman now regrets holding Tuesday’s showdown hearing between Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee:
WASHINGTON — A day after a dramatic, nationally televised hearing that pitted Roger Clemens against his former personal trainer and Democrats against Republicans, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said Thursday that he regretted holding the [...]