Weiner Calls On FBI To Back Off Clemens

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) today called on the FBI to back off of an investigation into whether baseball great Roger Clemens lied to a congressional committee.

“The FBI should focus on the real threats facing our communities, such as terrorism and violent crime,”  Weiner wrote in a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey.

Weiner finished the letter to Mukasey -- probably a busy man -- by saying that he “look[s] forward to your prompt response.”

Put that one on the to-do list, Mukasey. Right after the Clemens investigation.

Full letter after the jump…
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