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Hardin had to ask several times before he finally got Novitzky to concede that he had no firsthand knowledge of the chain of custody of pieces of evidence before receiving them from McNamee.
Hardin asked whether there was "anything at all" to connect Clemens with Kirk Radomski, the former New York Mets batboy Novitzky had investigated and who has admitted providing drugs to dozens of players.
"Yes," Novitzky said. "There was evidence that his personal trainer, Brian McNamee, was associated with Kirk Radomski." The evidence was checks written to Radomski from McNamee to pay for performance-enhancing drugs.
It wasn't the type of moment that could solely determine the outcome of the trial, but the government needed any momentum it could get after its big setback on Wednesday, when former Clemens teammate Andy Pettitte expressed doubt about his memory of a conversation in which Clemens supposedly admitted using HGH.
Novitzky, who in fact did attend that 2008 congressional hearing, will return to the stand Monday, when the trial resumes.
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