'It's hard to believe, it's almost too good to be true.'
In a phone call with an undercover FBI agent, according to court records, Staley said he was selling antimalarial medication that"cures the disease" and identified the medication as hydroxychloroquine.
When Staley was interviewed by the FBI the following week, according to prosecutors, he said it"would be foolish" to tell patients that the treatments are a 100 per cent effective cure for the coronavirus. Patrick Griffin, Staley's lawyer, said Friday night that his client was following the example of the executive branch of government, which he said was now unfairly prosecuting him.
Mr Griffin said that his client truly believed he was helping people during a crisis, adding that the treatment packs were sold at a fair market price. In an email, Mr Griffin said Staley even gave the undercover agent"two for free. The opposite of scamming someone.""The proper forum for this conduct is really more of a state regulatory agency instead of a federal criminal courtroom," he said.
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