President Trump announces Roger Clemens will receive Presidential Medal of Freedom, calls for him to enter Hall of Fame

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President Donald Trump announced that former pitcher Roger Clemens will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom and urged that Clemens be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Trump said he had contacted MLB commissioner Rob Manfred about Clemens' candidacy, although Manfred does not control Hall of Fame voting.

The president said he called MLB commissioner Rob Manfred about Clemens' Hall of Fame candidacy earlier this year. Manfred does not control the Hall of Fame.