Prosecutors Seek to Revoke Shkreli’s Bail, Citing Post About Clinton
Martin Shkreli’s social-media habits have once again gotten him in serious trouble: A post of his about Hillary Clinton set off a Secret Service investigation
and a request from federal prosecutors to revoke his bail because he poses “a risk of danger to the community.”
Prosecutors told the federal judge overseeing Mr. Shkreli’s case
that they were concerned that his followers would “take his statements seriously — as has happened previously — and act on them.” Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto scheduled a Sept. 14 hearing on the government’s motion, which, if upheld, would return Mr. Shkreli to jail.
“Will pay $5,000 per hair obtained from Hillary Clinton.”
Several hours later, he added a line saying the post was “satire,” according to the prosecution filing,
and later deleted the entire thing, a day after telling his lawyer, prosecutors and the Secret Service that he would.
“On HRC’s book tour, try to grab a hair from her,” Mr. Shkreli wrote, referring to Mrs. Clinton, who has a book scheduled to come out next week.
“However inappropriate some of Mr. Shkreli’s postings may have been, we do not believe
that he intended harm and do not believe that he poses a danger to the community,” Mr. Brafman wrote.
Prosecutors say Mr. Shkreli may have violated federal and state law with his post.
Benjamin Brafman, Mr. Shkreli’s lawyer, said in an email that he took the matter seriously and would file a response on Friday.