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Martin Shkreli pleads the fifth, but blasts congress on Twitter
Martin Shkreli pleads the fifth, but blasts congress on Twitter
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The rest of the story of Martin Shkreli’s testimony on Capitol Hill today.
What you couldn’t see on the radio in that clip of him taking the 5th I played was the wise-guy smirk on his face the whole time.
Lawmakers were clearly not amused.
Just after he left the hearing he tweeted:
Hard to accept that these imbeciles represent the people in our government.
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 4, 2016
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