Martin Shkreli aspires to be the king of all a**holes

[marmar]

.....and wrest the title away from Trump

(Bloomberg) Disgraced biotech executive Martin Shkreli has shifted into full attack mode, simultaneously taking on the U.S. Congress and Ghostface Killah. Which antagonist poses more of a threat is open to debate.

A brief recap: Shkreli, 32, ran hedge funds and a pair of biotech drug manufacturers before gaining extreme notoriety last year for raising the price of a lifesaving AIDS drug by more than 5,000 percent. Then he got indicted for securities fraud. Most recently, Shkreli requested that a federal judge in New York intervene to help him avoid being charged with criminal contempt if he doesn't appear before a congressional committee. His appearance, initially scheduled for Tuesday, was postponed after a weekend blizzard inundated the nation's capital.

Shkreli’s lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in Brooklyn to step in after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued the former executive a subpoena to testify at the Jan. 26 hearing on drug pricing. The panel warned it would pursue criminal contempt charges against him if he does not show up.

The kerfuffle with Congress has a certain academic feel, as Shkreli has already said that he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refuse to answer questions from lawmakers. His appeal to the New York judge refers to the terms of Shkreli’s $5 million bail package, which bar him from any travel. Shkreli’s lawyers asked the judge to quash or delay the congressional subpoena “if the court decides that Mr. Shkreli may not leave the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York in order to attend the committee hearing,” according to the filing.

With characteristic flair, Shkreli appears to be doing his best to irritate members of Congress. On Friday he tweeted to lawmakers: “You want me to go to DC to just say ‘I plead the 5th’? For your entertainment?” ...............(more)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-25/mr-shkreli-goes-to-washington-and-mocks-ghostface-killah

[Hortensis]

1. Thanks for the laugh. For this guy it

should end in prison. Unfortunately it's unrealistic to wish all the industry's drug lords were stupid enough to drop their pants and grab their ankles. I prescribe treatment with regulations administered in large, bitter pills orally and redistributive taxes via another route.

[leftynyc]

2. As long as there is no promise

of any kind of immunity for testifying before congress, they can call him every day, all day long.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. Ok, "normally I'm against waterboarding, and the death penalty, but" ...

... anything that happens to this little smirking shitface, it's fine by me.

[Initech]

4. He had that title quite a while ago!

Pass the butter!

[TBF]

5. I thought he was in jail? nt

[Oneironaut]

6. Once again, the media feeds a narcissist's need for constant attention.

Dear media - not every beg for attention needs to be acknowledged. I'm tired of hearing about how X-person is "at it again!"

This isn't an attack on the OP. These stories are so common these days that they pass for normal journalism. It's annoying. It's on the level of reporting this week's plot of Real Housewives as a news story.

[tenderfoot]

7. There's something about this guy and his game that smells like bullshit

as if he were a patsy of some sort. There's more to this than meets the eye.

Why is he getting attention for behavior that others are doing at the same time.

Just a thought.

[stevenleser]

8. Please link to examples of folks who acquired pharma companies and then hiked the price of

lifesaving drugs by 5000% and then to add insult to injury went on a campaign on national television to justify his actions.

Just a thought.

[tenderfoot]

11. Why limit scrutiny of pricing gouging on just pharma?

Just a thought.

[stevenleser]

12. Because that is what you said. "Why is he getting attention for behavior that others are doing at

the same time"

[Wounded Bear]

9. He could always use the Alberto Gonzalez defense....

[Hotler]

10. Dick Cheney is the King of a**holes, move this guy to 2nd place. n/t