Clemens was named in 2007's explosive Mitchell Report, accused of being injected with a steroid multiple times during the peak of his career. Clemens has routinely denied the accusations and was in 2010 indicted of making false statements to Congress, but in 2012 the former Astros star was found not guilty of perjury.

Trump doesn’t want Clemens to be in a similar situation to Pete Rose, who got reinstated to MLB from his betting ban by commissioner Rob Manfred in May after he died last September.