Prosecutors Seek to Revoke Shkreli’s Bail, Citing Post About Clinton<br />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<br />and a request from federal prosecutors to revoke his bail because he poses “a risk of danger to the community.”<br />Prosecutors told the federal judge overseeing Mr. Shkreli’s case<br />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.<br />“Will pay $5,000 per hair obtained from Hillary Clinton.”<br />Several hours later, he added a line saying the post was “satire,” according to the prosecution filing,<br />and later deleted the entire thing, a day after telling his lawyer, prosecutors and the Secret Service that he would.<br />“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.<br />“However inappropriate some of Mr. Shkreli’s postings may have been, we do not believe<br />that he intended harm and do not believe that he poses a danger to the community,” Mr. Brafman wrote.<br />Prosecutors say Mr. Shkreli may have violated federal and state law with his post.<br />Benjamin Brafman, Mr. Shkreli’s lawyer, said in an email that he took the matter seriously and would file a response on Friday.
