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Shkreli followed his lawyer's advice and refused to answer all questions
with exception to the question pertaining to his name.

On the same day, Shkreli wrote a public message on Twitter about the
House committee commenting:

"Hard to accept that these imbeciles represent the people in our
government”

Shkreli was dubbed ” pharma bro ” the “ Poster Boy of Greed ” helping to

confirm this by his actions and conspicuous consumption such as his $2
million purchase of the one-off copy of a new Wu-Tang Clan album said he
had not yet decided when he would listen to it. But he is reputed to have
offered to play it for Taylor Swift - if she would give him a **** ***.

This was reinforced in June 2016 when US district judge Kiyo Matsumoto
set the Shkreli trial for 26 June 2017. Leaving the court Shkreli is claimed to

have asked his lawyer if he could go and play Pokémon Go.

Ben Brafman, Shkreli’s lawyer, told the judge that Shkreli was likely to
pursue a reliance of counsel defense. Brafman had mentioned this in past
hearings. This defense strategy would essentially try to pin any wrong

doing on Greebel (Shkreli’s lawyer at the time of the offences)
the co-defendent.

In this case, Shkreli would likely seek a separate trial from Greebel.

"I don't think there's a finger of blame to point in this case,”

Brafman told reporters after the hearing in June 2016.

“You know, to the extent that both defendants may be innocent - and one is

a lawyer and our client relied on his advice - doesn't necessarily mean that
either of them committed a crime. It may mean that they both cannot have
a joint trial, however."