AP Sources: Grand Jury Looking at Clemens Case

It was Waxman's Feb. 27 memo that outlined the reasons the panel asked the Justice Department to investigate Clemens, summarizing "seven sets of assertions made by Mr. Clemens in his testimony that appear to be contradicted by other evidence before the committee or implausible."

Those areas involve Clemens' testimony that he has "never taken steroids or HGH;" that McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine; that team trainers gave him pain injections; that he received many vitamin B-12 injections; that he never discussed HGH with McNamee; that he was not at then-teammate Jose Canseco's home from June 8-10, 1998, when their Toronto Blue Jays played a series at the Florida Marlins; and that he was "never told" about Mitchell's request to speak to Clemens before issuing the report containing McNamee's allegations.

The investigation could pose an interesting ethics puzzle for President-elect Barack Obama's incoming team at the Justice Department.

Lawyer Lanny Breuer is expected to be announced any day as Obama's pick to lead the department's criminal division. Breuer was hired by Clemens last year as he prepared for the congressional investigation that has now resulted in a criminal investigation.

When he was hired in January 2008, Breuer said he was "honored" to join the legal team "representing one of the greatest pitchers and athletes in history."

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Associated Press Writers Matt Apuzzo and Devlin Barrett in Washington and AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed to this report.

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