Martin Shkreli has veered from loathsome Pharma bro to insane Hillary Clinton conspiracy theorist

Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli is offering $5,000 to anyone who manages to "grab a hair" from Hillary Clinton while she is on tour for her new memoir, What Happened. Posting on Facebook, Shkreli, 34, claimed he needed to "confirm the sequences I have" and said the payment would come "after the sequence matches."

The former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud in August. The court reportedly had some trouble finding a jury for the trial, Harper's Magazine reports, with potential jurors blurting admissions such as "I'm aware of the defendant and I hate him."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.