Former Prosecutor Analyzes Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' Trial

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The Daily Signal

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🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

“Fraud over failure.” That’s what prosecutors argued Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes chose, according to former prosecutor and Heritage Foundation legal fellow Zack Smith. Holmes was accused of defrauding investors with promises of new medical technology that would have revolutionized health care. Smith joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss the ins and the outs of the trial.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, January 6th.
0:10.3	I'm Mary Margaret Olahan.
0:11.8	And I'm Doug Blair.
0:13.7	Fraud over failure.
0:15.4	That's what prosecutors argued, Theranos founder and CEO of Elizabeth Holmes chose as her
0:20.4	trial for wire fraud came to a close.
0:23.4	Former assistant U.S. attorney and Heritage Foundation legal fellow, Zach Smith joins
0:27.4	the show today to discuss the ins and outs of that trial and give you the facts that you
0:32.5	need to know.
0:33.8	But before we get to Doug's conversation with Zach Smith, let's hit our top news stories
0:38.1	of the day.
0:41.4	Arizona's Republican governor Doug Ducey announced Tuesday that the state will give up to $7,000
0:56.8	and educational funding to families who face unexpected school closures, according to
1:01.6	a press release from the governor's office.
1:03.9	The money is intended for transportation, tutoring, childcare, and school tuition.
1:09.2	The news came the same day that the Chicago teacher's union voted to refuse to work in
1:13.5	person out of concerns about surging COVID cases.
1:17.4	The school district then canceled all classes Wednesday in response to the union's decision,
1:22.1	leaving more than 300,000 public school students out of school.
1:26.3	Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot called the union action illegal work stoppage.
1:31.4	Union tweeted, educators of this city want to be in buildings with their students.
1:35.7	We believe that classrooms are where our children should be.
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