By David Pitt
DNAinfo reporter/producer
MANHATTAN — Pitching legend Roger Clemons is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on criminal charges that he lied to Congress about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs, several news sources reported Thursday.
The seven-time Cy Young Award winner is to appear before federal judge Reggie Walton in Washington, DC, to answer a six-count indictment for perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements before the House Committee on Oversight and Government.
MLB.com said Clemons is expected to plead not guilty when he appears for a 2PM arraignment at Washington’s federal courthouse.
The trial is likely to open in the spring, according to media reports. The indictment grew out of 15 separate statements Clemons made in February 2008, when he testified voluntarily to the House inquiry. He heatedly denied that he had ever used steroids or human growth hormone.
The pitcher’s former trainer, Brian McNamee, testified at the same hearing that he had injected the ex-Yankee and Red Sox ace with performance-enhancing drugs in December 2007.
If convicted on all counts, Clemons could face 30 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine.
