Lawmakers Hit Brick Wall As Shkreli Pleads The Fifth At Price Gouging Hearing
The former Turing CEO smirked his way through questions from the committee members who grew increasingly exasperated with his refusal to provide answers about his company's high costs for lifesaving drugs. Shkreli promptly tweeted that the lawmakers were "imbeciles" after he left the hearing.
The New York Times:
Martin Shkreli Invokes The Fifth Amendment In House Appearance
NPR:
House Hearing Probes The Mystery Of High Drug Prices That 'Nobody Pays'
The Associated Press:
Drug Exec Takes The Fifth On Capitol Hill, Angers Lawmakers
The Wall Street Journal:
Martin Shkreli Pleads The Fifth Before Congress
The Wall Street Journal:
5 Things To Know About Today’s Drug-Price Hearing