Martin Shkreli's lawyer Benjamin Brafman makes statement - Daily Mail

Disgraced pharmaceutical exec and accused fraudster Martin Shkreli refused to testify Thursday in an appearance before U.S. lawmakers who excoriated him over severe hikes for a drug sold by a company that he acquired. He then called members of the U.S. Congress 'imbeciles' on Twitter (inset) following the hearing on the outrageous drug price increases he engineered. Shkreli, widely scorned for hiking the price of a long-established and potentially lifesaving drug by more than 5,000 percent, exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when he went before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the panel, berated Shkreli: 'I call this money blood money ... coming out of the pockets of hardworking Americans,' he said.

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