Report: FBI investigating Roger Clemens

New York -- The FBI has begun an investigation into whether Roger Clemens committed perjury in testimony on Capitol Hill, said a published report in New York Thursday.

The New York Daily News said the probe centers on whether the seven-time Cy Young Award winner lied during his Feb. 13 testimony, when he told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform he had never used steroids or human growth hormones.

Clemens' former personal trainer, Brian McNamee, testified at the hearing Clemens had used such substances. Andy Pettitte, a former New York Yankees teammate of Clemens, told investigators he and Clemens discussed Clemens' alleged use of HGH (human growth hormone).

Clemens repeatedly has denied the claims.

"The request to open an investigation regarding the congressional testimony of Roger Clemens has been turned over to the FBI and will receive appropriate investigative action by the FBI's Washington Field Office," FBI spokeswoman Debbie Weierman told the newspaper. "We can't talk about our investigative actions when an investigation is open."

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