WASHINGTON — U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said he hopes to get the Roger Clemens perjury trial to the jury by Tuesday, although that could prove overly optimistic given the pace of the trial so far.

The defense plans to wrap up its case Monday morning, and the government will call rebuttal witnesses, which could take about a half day. Walton said he expects to get to closing arguments Tuesday and then send the case to jurors.

On Friday, which concluded the eighth week of the trial, Clemens' wife, Debbie, testified that Roger Clemens was not present when she received a shot of human growth hormone from his strength coach. That contradicted a portion of the testimony from the coach, Brian McNamee, who is the former pitching star's chief accuser in the case.

McNamee testified last month that not only was Clemens present, he had summoned McNamee to the couple's master bathroom in Houston to give Debbie Clemens the drug.

McNamee said she looked at her husband and said, “I can't believe you're going to let him do this to me,” and Roger Clemens responded, “He injects me. Why can't he inject you?”