U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton ruled Monday that Roger Clemens’ attorneys may not call Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) as a witness in the perjury trial of the former baseball great.
Before Issa became chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, he criticized the panel for holding a hearing in 2008 on drugs in baseball. Clemens allegedly lied to the committee and his attorneys hoped Issa’s testimony would undermine the legitimacy of the hearing. Walton suggested he was actually acting in the best interest of the seven-time Cy Young Award winner, telling Clemens’ lawyers that Issa’s testimony “may bury your client.”
“If I was in your all shoes, I would be very loath to call him,” Walton said.
