Hardin angrily demanded to know how materials from other players “flew” or “showed up magically” in the beer can. When Hardin talked McNamee through a timeline of events dealing with the can, it became apparent that McNamee had not accounted for the actual moment at which he put the items from the other players into the can. McNamee says he put the needle and other waste from a 2001 steroids injection of Clemens into the can, but he also says the can contained remnants from injections related to other players. McNamee also indicated, reluctantly, that he was hypoglycemic, thus explaining why he needed frequent breaks to elevate his low blood sugar.īut Hardin also aimed for a classic “gotcha” moment while asking McNamee about the Miller Lite beer can. During one of many pauses in testimony, a juror reached over and handed McNamee a tissue so the witness could wipe his nose. The aim was to take McNamee down little by little, and his weariness showed as he hung his head more than once. “Would you agree that you had a severe drinking problem?” was among the many accusatory questions from Hardin. Toward the end, Hardin raised numerous unsavory personal details: McNamee tampered with a dead body when he was a New York City policeman, he lied to investigators looking into a Florida incident in 2001, he had two driving-under-the-influence arrests in 2002, he got caught up in an Internet fraud investigation after ordering diet pills over the Web in 2004.

“And then we’ll have some real unhappy jurors,” Walton said.Ĭlemens’ attorney Rusty Hardin spent three-plus days of cross-examination portraying McNamee as a chronic liar who frequently changes his story. If the trial isn’t done by June 8, Walton said he may have to call a recess for about a month because of various scheduling conflicts. The trial was supposed to last four to six weeks, but it’s just wrapping up its fifth week - and the government said Friday it still has nine witnesses to call, down from the 14 it estimated the previous day. “I just can’t let this case meander on forever,” the judge said. District Judge Reggie Walton - for the first time in more than three decades on the bench - imposed time limits to speed things up: Only 90 minutes per side for witnesses after McNamee and closing arguments limited to two hours apiece.

McNamee will return to the stand Monday in a trial moving so slowly that U.S.

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