--- title: Live: Martin Shkreli Testifies Before Congress on Drug Prices description: The former pharmaceutical executive's attorney said he planned to plead the fifth canonical: https://time.com/4207707/live-martin-shkrelis-testifies-before-congress-on-drug-prices/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-04T14:05:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:45:54.205Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Live: Martin Shkreli Testifies Before Congress on Drug Prices og:description: The former pharmaceutical executive's attorney said he planned to plead the fifth og:url: https://time.com/4207707/live-martin-shkrelis-testifies-before-congress-on-drug-prices/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5267a3e4bc134af3/69887c1f196cf4aec903a2e7/former-turing-pharmaceuticals-ceo-martin-shkreli.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Martin Shkreli og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Live: Martin Shkreli Testifies Before Congress on Drug Prices twitter:description: The former pharmaceutical executive's attorney said he planned to plead the fifth twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5267a3e4bc134af3/69887c1f196cf4aec903a2e7/former-turing-pharmaceuticals-ceo-martin-shkreli.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Live: Martin Shkreli Testifies Before Congress on Drug Prices  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Feb 4, 2016 2:05 PM CUT  Former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli leaves court in New York on Feb. 3, 2016. Former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli leaves court in New York on Feb. 3, 2016.Seth Wenig—AP  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Feb 4, 2016 2:05 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4207707/live-martin-shkrelis-testifies-before-congress-on-drug-prices/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4207707/live-martin-shkrelis-testifies-before-congress-on-drug-prices/"},"headline":"Live: Martin Shkreli Testifies Before Congress on Drug Prices","datePublished":"2016-02-04T14:05:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:45:54.205Z","description":"The former pharmaceutical executive's attorney said he planned to plead the fifth","url":"https://time.com/4207707/live-martin-shkrelis-testifies-before-congress-on-drug-prices/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5267a3e4bc134af3/69887c1f196cf4aec903a2e7/former-turing-pharmaceuticals-ceo-martin-shkreli.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5267a3e4bc134af3/69887c1f196cf4aec903a2e7/former-turing-pharmaceuticals-ceo-martin-shkreli.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Martin Shkreli","caption":"Former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli leaves court in New York on Feb. 3, 2016.","creditText":"Seth Wenig—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4207707/live-martin-shkrelis-testifies-before-congress-on-drug-prices/","name":"Live: Martin Shkreli Testifies Before Congress on Drug Prices"}}]}] ```