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Awaiting Verdict in Roger Clemens Retrial

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    Charges of lying to Congress

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We are awaiting a verdict in the Roger Clemens retrial closing arguments yesterday in that case against the seven time Cy Young award winner.

-- 26 days of testimony.

The rocket as he is -- accused of lying to congress about the use of performing enhanced performance enhancing drugs.

Shannon Bream is live in Washington on this so exactly what is the jury now deliberating at this point Shannon.

Well -- there are six different charges and here's what they cover we're talking about perjury we're talking about obstruction of justice.

And also making false statements the bottom line is.

It Clements was convicted on all of these charges he would be facing up to thirty years in prison and a maximum fine of one point five million dollars.

We do not expect that to happen even if he is convicted on some or all of those charges the sentencing guidelines would probably fall more in the range of fifteen to 21 months behind bars.

But he could go completely free that's all of the jury's hand snapping a brief meeting when -- got the case yesterday.

They'll resume their deliberations this afternoon around 1:30 eastern time -- went.

Lot of folks keeping a close Siam SO which witness testimony Shannon do you think.

Is going to be the most critical in this case.

Well of course you have Brian McNamee who was a trainer and he is the one who is accused of -- talked about.

In -- the Roger Clemens -- with these different drugs performance enhancing drugs.

Cell again it's not about whether or not -- the drugs about whether he lied to congress about using that -- so -- Anthony's testimony is critical but.

He's faced a lot of questions about his credibility and not -- conflicts in his testimony.

And also have his former teammate -- had it.

It was also honesty and in this -- he was in the previous one in the past he's talked about a conversation in which Clemens told him about using drugs in this case he was -- said.

It's 5050 that he misunderstood but.

We'll see with the jury thinks the audience sang on a lot of emotions -- now when chant thank you so much.

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