Thread by @MilesGCohen

Day 6 of the #ElizabethHolmes trial. Hanson has been MIA for over a week now. Here are some flashbacks of him watching Holmes go through security during jury selection: #TheDropout

Court begins with Judge Edward Davila deliberating in his chambers on which text messages to allow the government to admit into evidence.

Some in question are between #ElizabethHolmes and her former romantic partner and top Theranos executive Sunny Balwani

The government has called Justin Offen, a forensics leader at PwC who will likely testify to thousands of texts between #ElizabethHolmes and Sunny Balwani

Offen also assisted with a legal proceeding for #Theranos in 2016. Prosecutor Robert Leach elicited the dollar amount of Offen and his team's retention.

Over 5 million dollars.

#ElizabethHolmes

Offen says PwC collected and imaged 6 devices from #ElizabethHolmes in 2017. He is talking fast — the court reporter has asked him to slow down twice now.

Offen then created a 500+ page Excel spreadsheet of texts between the one-time romantic pair. #ElizabethHolmes

In total PwC analyzed 80,948 messages.

They filtered down the messages to those communications between #ElizabethHolmes and Balwani.

The new total: 12,132

First set of texts on display:

Balwani: We are at 15 million as of today

Balwani: free cash

Holmes: I saw that

Balwani: drop by to discuss when you can

#ElizabethHolmes

On 11/28/2014 after 11 p.m Balwani texted Holmes:

"Normandy lab (the lab with Theranos devices) is a f**king disaster zone. Glad I came here will work on fixing this."

#ElizabethHolmes

Judge calls for a 45 minute break — more texts to come when we return #ElizabethHolmes

We're back! The judge has put Offen on hold and the government has called a new witness. You might have heard of him: United States General James Mattis
#Elizabethholmes

Mattis removes his mask as he settles into the witness box.#ElizabethHolmes

Mattis met #ElizabethHolmes at a speech he gave in San Francisco. She pricked his finger backstage at the event, "to give me an idea of what the machines blood draw was."

Mattis joined the Theranos board in 2013 and was on it until 2016. #ElizabethHolmes

Prosecutor John bostick is in for the government, questioning Mattis. #elizabethholmes

We are looking at an email exchange between #elizabethholmes and Mattis between October and November of 2011. (Holmes emailed one of Mattis' staff a note to pass along.)

The subject: Note for General Mattis in follow up to last night's dinner at George Schultz's house.

"I'd been rather taken with the idea that one drop of blood...could basically test for a broad array of problems," said Mattis.

#ElizabethHolmes

"In triage, where you have casualties this could be very very very helpful," he continued.

Mattis' testimony is predicted to last around 3 hours. #ElizabethHolmes

Mattis recalls the dimensions of the Edison. "Two feet wide, two feet deep and 18 inches high."

He was interested in it for military application. In constrained spaces.

#ElizabethHolmes

Mattis says to #elizabethholmes in the email, "I'm trying to find a way to employ your device on a swift "pilot project" or a "proof of principle" to expedite its entry into our source."

#ElizabethHolmes says to Mattis in another November 2011 email.

"It is on us to drive forward to get a pilot. We will do all it takes to make this happen and work through this process."

“If you could have people with limited medical knowledge use [the Edison], it could make a big difference,” Mattis said of its intrigue. #ElizabethHolmes

"In our line of work accuracy is critical...the stakes are very high," testified Mattis.

"I was frankly amazed at what was possible...[Ms. Holmes] was the source of information on it."

What was your impression of Ms. Holmes?

"Sharp, articulate, committed," said Mattis.

#ElizabethHolmes

General Mattis emails Holmes:

"Thanks, young Elizabeth. I'm a strong believer in what you have designed/built and hope that we can get it in theater soon to test it. If it proves itself, I'm confident that it can revolutionize much of what we do in combat zone healthcare."

The email was from March 2013 in reply to an update from #ElizabethHolmes.

She tells him:

"We have been making sure our deployment is done right and are very close to activating our program... I very much look forward to having the opportunity to brief you on it when we do."

On March 26, 2013 #ElizabethHolmes emails Mattis. Prosecutor Bostick points out this line:

"This initiative is our small way of being able to serve and we will do whatever it takes to make it successful."

In March 2013, Mattis testifies, “I was still in a very rudimentary stage [of understanding.] [The Theranos Machine] was promising to me but we’d have to see if it could deliver.”

#ElizabethHolmes