Brian McNamee, Clemens' former trainer, has spent about 20 hours this week in U.S. District Court detailing how he allegedly injected the pitcher with anabolic steroids and human growth hormone from 1998 to 2001.
Clemens's defense lawyer Rusty Hardin, who has grilled McNamee about inconsistencies in his testimony, has said he expects to wrap up his cross-examination around noon on Friday.
McNamee, 45, has admitted lying to federal investigators and to an independent commission headed by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell that investigated drug use i n Major League Baseball.
But he has remained steadfast in alleging that Clemens, one of the greatest pitchers to play the game, used drugs.
Clemens, 49, is being tried for a second time on federal charges of lying in 2008 to the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which was investigating drug use in baseball. His first trial ended in a mistrial last year.
Clemens was known as "The Rocket" during a career that ran from 1984 to 2007. He won the Cy Young Award as best pitcher seven times and is among the biggest names implicated in drug use in baseball
McNamee is the only person with first-hand knowledge about Clemens' alleged use of drugs.
He worked with Clemens when the right-hander pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays and later with the New York Yankees. H e also was employed as Clemens' personal trainer.
The trial is ending its fourth week of slogging courtroom testimony. Judge Reggie Walton urged both sides on Thursday to pick up the pace, saying the jury was becoming impatient.
Testimony was scheduled to end on June 1 but Walton moved back the expected termination date to June 8. Prosecutors said they had 14 more witnesses and would wrap up their case at the end of next week at the earliest.
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