A convicted drug dealer granted clemency by President Donald Trump has been sent back to federal prison for violating the terms of his release after being charged with several new crimes.

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2017, file photo, Martin Shkreli arrives at federal court in New York. Matsumoto noted that Shkreli recently had a two-hour Zoom session with his lawyers, as well as several phone calls up to an hour in length. Prosecutors said that, as of Jan. 6, there were no positive cases in Shkreli’s housing unit. Shkreli, who was ordered to forfeit $7.3 million as part of his sentence, is due to be released from prison in September 2023. He is also known for attacking critics on social media and offering a bounty to anyone who could give him one of Hillary Clinton’s hairs.

ALBANY, N.Y. – A federal judge refused Friday to block New York’s plan to temporarily limit the size of religious gatherings in COVID-19 hot spots. U.S. District Judge Judge Kiyo Matsumoto issued the ruling after an emergency hearing in a lawsuit brought by rabbis and synagogues, arguing the restrictions were unconstitutional. The restrictions apply in six designated areas in parts of New York City, Rockland and Orange counties, and part of Binghamton. In their lawsuit, rabbis, leaders of synagogues and the national Orthodox Jewish group Agudath Israel had argued that Gov. Authorities didn’t confirm there would be an arrest, saying only they were still investigating the confrontation involving Jacob Kornbluh, a reporter for Jewish Insider who has documented the handling of the coronavirus outbreak in Orthodox Jewish communities.

NEW YORK A judge rejected the request of convicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli to be let out of prison to research a coronavirus treatment, noting that probation officials viewed that claim as the type of delusional self-aggrandizing behavior that led to his conviction. U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto said in a nine-page ruling Saturday that the man known as the Pharma Bro" failed to demonstrate extraordinary and compelling factors that would require his release under home confinement rules designed to move vulnerable inmates out of institutions during the pandemic. Disappointed but not unexpected, Shkrelis lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said. A judge ordered Shkreli to forfeit $7.3 million. He is also known for attacking critics on social media and offering a bounty to anyone who could give him one of Hillary Clintons hairs.