Last week, prosecutors called to have Martin Shkreli’s bond revoked after the “Pharma Bro” put out an open call for people to pull Hillary Clinton’s hair during upcoming signings for her book (so he could analyze the “samples” and conduct DNA testing for an unknown reason). Now, the judge has ruled in their favor. Shkreli is going to jail.

Calling him a “danger to the community” after putting a $5,000 bounty on strands of Clinton’s hair, Shkreli had his $5 million bond revoked. Shkreli said: “Some may have read my comments about Mrs. Clinton as threatening when that was never my intention when making those comments,” per Cheddar reporter J.D. Durkin.</s>Former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli, who's also known as "Pharma Bro" and is awaiting sentencing on three of eight counts of securities fraud, was sent to jail on Wednesday following a Facebook post he made that a Federal judge found was a threat to the community, The New York Times reports. In the since-deleted post, Shkreli allegedly offered $5000 to anyone who would "grab a hair" from Hillary Clinton. 



Shkreli edited the post that was originally written on September 4th, claiming it was satirical and later took it down after he was contacted by the Secret Service, according to New York Post. "On HRC's book tour, try and grab a hair from her," he wrote, as the Post reports. "I must confirm the sequences I have. Will pay $5000 per hair obtained from Hillary Clinton."

In a filing last week, prosecutors cited Shkreli's since-deleted post and wrote "there is a significant risk that one of his many social media followers or others who learn of his offers through the media will take his statements seriously – as has happened previously – and act on them."

Federal judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto agreed that Shkreli presented a threat to the community and ordered that he be jailed. "There has been a danger presented through this post," the judge said during the hearing in Brooklyn on Wednesday.

In August, Shkreli was found guilty on three of eight counts of security fraud. He faces up to 20 years in prison. A jury found that the former CEO cheated investors out of more than $11 million between 2009 and 2014 in a "Ponzi-like scheme." Prior to Wednesday's ruling, Shkreli was free on a $5 million bail as he awaited sentencing. During Wednesday's hearing, he was scheduled to be sentenced in January.</s>A federal judge ordered "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli to prison Wednesday after the disgraced former CEO offered $5,000 to anyone who could bring him a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair.

Shkreli had been out on a $5 million bond since being convicted last month of two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud.

Judge Kiyo Matsumoto declared Shkreli a "danger to society" and ordered him to jail. Shkreli left the courtroom flanked by U.S. Marshals, but was not in handcuffs.

Sentencing on Shkreli's securities fraud conviction has been set for Jan. 16. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

Shkreli landed in hot water earlier this month when he made a series of posts suggesting he planned to clone Clinton, the former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.

"On HRC’s book tour, try and grab a hair from her, Shkreli wrote on Facebook Sept. 4. "I must confirm the sequences I have. Will pay $5,000 per hair obtained from Hillary Clinton."

In a letter to Judge Matsumoto Thursday, Shkreli apologized for what he called an "awkward attempt at humor or satire" and insisted he was not threatening Clinton.

Shkreli's attorney, Ben Brafman, argued in court papers that Shkreli's comments were merely a tasteless joke comparable to some of President Donald Trump's derisive comments, not a threat worthy of putting him behind bars.

"Indeed, in the current political climate, dissent has unfortunately often taken the form of political satire, hyperbole, parody or sarcasm," Brafman wrote. "There is a difference, however, between comments that are intended to threaten or harass and comments — albeit offensive ones — that are intended as political satire or strained humor."

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.</s>NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Martin Shkreli is heading to jail.

A federal judge Wednesday revoked the former pharmaceutical exec's bail after he offered $5,000 to anyone who could grab a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair.

Judge Kiyo Matsumoto said Shkreli, who was convicted of fraud in August and is awaiting sentencing, has "demonstrated that he has posed a real danger."

In a Facebook post last week, Shkreli promoted a conspiracy about the Clinton Foundation and said he would pay any person who could procure a lock of hair from the former presidential candidate.

Prosecutors said the post reflected "an escalating pattern of threats and harassment," adding that it had triggered an investigation by the Secret Service that required "a significant expenditure of resources."

In a hearing in Brooklyn federal court, Judge Matsumoto said she was particularly concerned that he had "doubled down" on his challenge for someone to grab the Clinton's hair. Shkreli said he required a hair with a follicle while urging his social media followers not to hurt anyone.

Until Wednesday, Shkreli remained free on $5 million bail. His sentencing is set for January 16.

He ultimately asked Judge Matsumoto not to penalize him for "poor judgment" in a letter filed Tuesday.

"I understand now, that some may have read my comments about Mrs. Clinton as threatening, when that was never my intention when making those comments," Shkreli wrote in the letter. "I used poor judgment but never intended to cause alarm or promote any act of violence whatsoever."

His defense lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, initially argued that Shkreli has a nonviolent background and was convicted on a nonviolent crime. He conceded that the comment was "stupid."

"Stupid doesn't make you violent. Sometimes stupid is just plain stupid," he said.

He asked the judge to ban his client from social media instead of sending him to jail.

Shkreli was convicted in August of two counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy for misleading investors in his hedge funds.

The most serious count carries a maximum prison term of 20 years.

Shkreli first gained notoriety in 2015 when he raised the price of a pill used by AIDS patients from $13.50 to $750 while he was CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals. His bombastic personality and prolific use of social media has kept him in the spotlight since then.

Even after his conviction, he continued livestreaming on YouTube from his apartment, predicting that his sentence would be "close to nil."</s>“Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical executive who is awaiting sentencing for a fraud conviction, was sent to jail on Wednesday after a federal judge found that he presented a threat to the community because he had offered money for a strand of Hillary Clinton’s hair,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Shkreli, who was free on $5 million bail while he awaited sentencing, offered $5,000 on Facebook to anyone who could ‘grab a hair’ from Mrs. Clinton during her book tour.”</s>NEW YORK — The out-of-court antics of Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager convicted of defrauding his investors, may finally be coming back to haunt him.

A federal judge on Wednesday is scheduled to hold a hearing on whether to revoke Shkreli's $5 million bond after prosecutors complained that he had become a "danger to the community." Shkreli offered his Facebook followers $5,000 to grab a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair during her book tour, prompting the Secret Service to seek an interview with him. "Shkreli has engaged in an escalating pattern of threats and harassment," prosecutors said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto last week.

Shkreli, who has yet to be sentenced, apologized to Matsumoto in writing Tuesday and his attorneys argued that his comments, while distasteful, did not make him dangerous. "I understand now, that some may have read my comments about Mrs. Clinton as threatening, when that was never my intention when making those comments," Shkreli said in a letter to the judge.

"It never occurred to me that my awkward attempt at humour or satire would cause Mrs. Clinton or the Secret Service any distress."

Shkreli said he was not a "violent person" and that his bail should not be revoked.

But on Facebook, Shkreli has struck a more defiant note. "LOL Hillary Clinton's presumptive agents are hard at work. It was just a prank, bro! But still, lock HER up. Spend your resources investigating her, not me!!," he said in a post the same day prosecutors filed their motion to have his bail revoked.

Shkreli's lawyers, meanwhile, compared his online comments to the political humour of Kathy Griffin, who held up a photograph of a faux bloody head of President Donald Trump and even Trump himself. During the campaign, Trump used "political hyperbole," Shkreli's attorneys said, when he said that his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, would abolish the Second Amendment if elected. "By the way, and if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know," Trump said.

"Indeed, in the current political climate, dissent has unfortunately often taken the form of political satire, hyperbole, parody, or sarcasm," Shkreli's attorney, Benjamin Brafman, said in a letter to the court.

"While we do not condone Mr. Shkreli's comments, his constitutionally-protected political hyperbole does not rise to the level of making him a 'danger to the community' when he is not and has never been considered to be a danger."

This is not the first time prosecutors have complained to Matsumoto about Shkreli's conduct. During the trial, Matsumoto chastised Shkreli for speaking with reporters in the courthouse where jurors could potentially hear him. Prosecutors had complained Shkreli's comments — including mocking them as the "junior varsity" — were inappropriate and count taint the jury pool. Shkreli apologized after that incident too.</s>Earlier this month, Martin Shkreli – the guy you remember for jacking up prices on HIV drug Daraprim by 5,000% – shared a Facebook post offering a bounty to anybody who could bring him some of Hillary Clinton’s hair. Shkreli said he’d pay $5,000 per strand. Today, a federal judge revoked Shkreli’s bail and sent him to jail over the now-deleted post.

Shkreli was found guilty of fraud earlier this summer and is facing up to twenty years. He was out on a $5,000,000 bond while awaiting sentencing. Or he was until a Brooklyn court federal judge deemed him a “danger to the community” and had him taken into custody Wednesday. “The Clinton Foundation is willing to KILL to protect its secrets. So on HRC’s book tour, try to grab a hair from her. I must confirm the sequences I have. Will pay $5,000 per hair obtained from Hillary Clinton,” read Shkreli’s Facebook post before it was removed. He later said the post was meant to be a joke and “not an endorsement of violence against a truly wonderful public servant.” Earlier on Wednesday, prior to the whole jail thing, Shkreli posted about a fidget spinner he’s selling on eBay.</s>Convicted fraudster and former pharmaceuticals executive Martin Shkreli has apologized for putting up a $5,000 offer to anyone who gets Hillary Clinton’s hair — in the wake of a hearing that could rescind his bail and put him behind bars.

“I wanted to personally apologize to this Court and my lawyers for the aggravation that my recent postings have caused,” wrote Shkreli in a letter addressed to the judge.

“I understand now, that some may have read my comments about Mrs. Clinton as threatening, when that was never my intention when making those comments. I used poor judgment but never intended to cause alarm or promote any act of violence whatsoever,” he added, pleading that the judge not revoke his $5 million bond.

The hearing on whether to revoke his bail is scheduled for Wednesday. It follows a government filing last week that suggested Shkreli’s behavior could be a reason to put him behind bars for being “a danger to the community.”

“The Clinton Foundation is willing to KILL to protect its secrets,” he wrote in a now-deleted Facebook post last week. “So on HRC’s book tour, try to grab a hair from her. I must confirm the sequences I have. Will pay $5,000 per hair obtained from Hillary Clinton.”

According to the prosecutors, “Since his conviction on August 4, 2017, Shkreli has engaged in an escalating pattern of threats and harassment that warrant his detention pending sentencing.”

They also said the Secret Service had to invest additional resources out of fear that his fans could take him up on the offer and attempt to snatch Clinton’s hair.

“That Shkreli awaits sentencing and still engages in an escalating pattern of egregious public behavior shows that he has no respect for the law and will not abide by any conditions or combination of conditions for his release,” the government motion reads.

At the time, Shkreli fired back at the accusations, writing that “Hillary Clinton’s presumptive agents are hard at work. It was just a prank, bro!” and added that the Secret Service should their “resources investigating her, not me!”

Defense attorney Ben Brafman argued his client’s offer to pay money for former presidential candidate’s hair was merely a joke, comparable to certain comments made by President Donald Trump.

“Indeed, in the current political climate, dissent has unfortunately often taken the form of political satire, hyperbole, parody or sarcasm,” the attorney wrote.

“There is a difference, however, between comments that are intended to threaten or harass and comments — albeit offensive ones — that are intended as political satire or strained humor.”

Last month, Shkreli was found guilty on three out of eight federal charges for deceiving his investors of his hedge funds.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.</s>Shkreli has been out on $5 million bail for securities fraud including lying to investors and exaggerating the price of a life-saving drug.

Even though he was acquitted on five of the eight counts he faces, his increased antics, including his harassment of journalists and the offer of $5,000 for whoever would get him a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair from her book tour, has gotten him in trouble. A government demand has ordered that Shkreli be jailed for his provocative comments, even though his lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, tried to reason with the judge for nearly an hour.

Shkreli apologized for his larks in a letter to the judge:

"I wanted to personally apologize to this Court and my lawyers for the aggravation that my recent postings have caused… I understand now that some may have read my comments about Mrs. Clinton as threatening, when that was never my intention when making those comments."

Shkreli continued, "I used poor judgment but never intended to cause alarm or promote any act of violence whatsoever," adding that "never occurred" to him that the "awkward attempt at humor or satire would cause Mrs. Clinton or the Secret Service any distress."</s>When it comes to coolly facing down critics, the apple doesn’t far fall from the tree for Hillary Clinton‘s daughter, Chelsea.

Since amping up her Twitter presence in the wake of President Trump‘s election, the former first daughter has made a habit of directly calling out those who attack her and responding to their hate with a smile.

In a new interview with PEOPLE, Clinton applauds her only daughter for taking the high road in her dealings with Twitter trolls.

“It’s really disarming, isn’t it?” the former Democratic presidential nominee tells PEOPLE in an interview for this week’s issue, pegged to her new campaign memoir, What Happened. “One thing I’ve learned over the years is how easy it is for people to say horrible things about you behind your back, but how hard it is for them to look you in the eye and say it to your face.

“Even the most virulent critics are caught off guard when confronted with polite cheerfulness,” she continues. “You can add this to the long list of reasons I’m so proud of Chelsea.”

In April, the former first daughter gave a poised response to a Twitter user who seemed to cast doubt on Chelsea’s challenges breastfeeding her then-10-month-old son, Aidan, which she had recently written about in an essay for Well + Good.

“I’m sad you assume any woman wld lie abt breastfeeding,” Chelsea wrote as part of the below exchange.

In June, Chelsea cheerfully responded to a Twitter user who took issue with her calling out the White House for fat-shaming after Trump’s then-chief strategist Steve Bannon made a comment about Sean Spicer’s weight.

And in August, Chelsea took on a Twitter user who mocked her appearance in a since deleted tweet implying that she looked like a Bugs Bunny mascot at Six Flags.

“Hi Scott! Hope your cousins had a lovely time @SixFlags,” Chelsea wrote. “I was lucky enough to go when I was about their age too. Have a great night!”

For more on Hillary Clinton’s post-election life, pick up the new issue of People on newsstands Friday.
Former businessman Martin Shkreli has his bail revoked for threatening former politician Hillary Clinton, after Shkreli posted on Twitter that he would offer $5,000 to anyone who could directly obtain a lock of Clinton's hair. Shkreli was convicted of fraud in August and is awaiting sentencing.