Martin Shkreli apologizes.

Martin Shkreli, former Pharmaceutical CEO, former Hedge Fund Manager, and President Donald Trump supporter offered his Facebook followers five thousand dollars to grab a sample Hillary Clinton’s hair. Federal prosecutors asked Judge, Kiyo Matsumoto who sits on Martin Shkreli case to revoke Mr. Shkreli bail status and Secret service to investigate, calling him a community risk.

Martin Shkreli was found guilty on three counts of securities fraud in a Brooklyn Federal court during an August hearing. He lost a lot of investors’ money in a bad investment. Mr. Shkreli was criticized for raising the price of life saving drugs to treat patients by five thousand percent in order to pay back money from a bad investment. He was released on five million dollar bail and waiting to be sentence in January 2018.

Mr. Shkreli apologized for the Facebook post in a letter he wrote to Judge Matsumoto. He wanted to apologize for his behavior and did not intend to promote any act of violence. He stated “did not expect anyone to take his online comments seriously”. Mr. Shkreli asked Judge Matsumoto not to change his bail status so he can continue to prepare for his January 2018 sentencing.

During a hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court, Judge Matsumoto stated the Facebook post was Mr. Shkreli first amendment right. “Solicitation assault in exchange from money” is taken as a threat. Mr. Shkreli does not know his Facebook followers and what anyone is capable of doing. Fearing one of his Facebook followers may take him up on his offer secret service increase security around Ms. Clinton. Immediately after the hearing Martin Shkreli was taken into custody by Deputy US Marshals.  He is a waiting to be sentence. Martin Shkreli faces up to 20 years in prison.

Work Cited

Clifford, Stephanie “Martin Shkreli Is Jailed for Seeking a Hair From Hillary Clinton” September 13, 2017, nytimes (web) September 13, 2017