Thread by @eringriffith

🩸🩸🩸Hello from the the dark of night in San Jose where I’m lined up for Elizabeth Holmes to take the stand again in her fraud trial.

The press is here with cameras, camp chairs and hotel coffees.

Since I have roughly 4.5 hours to kill before this gets going, let’s talk about what has happened so far…

First there was jury selection. Remember Hansen? Good times.
npr.org/2021/09/14/103…

Then all the Balwani stuff. The abuse allegations. The texts. Whew. nytimes.com/2021/08/30/tec…

Let us not forget the Holmies
nypost.com/2021/09/08/the…

Then the trial actually started. I've now written about a million words about this case but I think this one on the opening statements remains the clearest summary of the stakes:

nytimes.com/2021/09/08/tec…

The crowds left. The reporters invested in butt pads and keyboard covers. The book clubs showed up. And the trial sunk into a rhythm.
nytimes.com/2021/10/11/tec…

There was a lot of testimony. This case spans 6 years and numerous investments. Some highlights 🩸🩸🩸🩸

Reports were falsified.
nytimes.com/2021/10/15/tec…

Demos were faked.
nytimes.com/2021/10/22/tec…

And General Mattis “didn’t know what to believe” about Theranos by the end.

nytimes.com/2021/09/22/tec…

A narrative emerged: These investors were lousy at diligence.
nytimes.com/2021/11/04/tec…

There were… a lot of snafus.

wsj.com/articles/thera…

Prosecution closed with Roger Parloff, the Fortune journalist who wrote the first cover story on Holmes.
nytimes.com/2021/11/18/tec…

People on the witness list we did NOT hear from: Henry Kissinger, Channing Robertson, Tyler Shultz, David Boies, Riley Bechtel, Phyllis Gardner, Sam Nunn, Rupert Murduch, Bill Frist, William Perry, Gary Roughead

Defense started their case Friday morning and went through two witnesses. No one expected them to call Holmes at that moment (if at all). It was a stop the presses moment!

nytimes.com/2021/11/19/tec…

You can follow along with @erinkwoo and I liveblogging it (starts at 9 PT) on the NYT site here:
nytimes.com/live/2021/11/1…

We are getting a tarot reading on the outcome of the trial. @kari_paul says it’s looking good for Holmes.

The gates are open, the sun is rising and we have formed an orderly line.

Holmes enters the courthouse

We’re all just sitting in the courtroom quietly waiting for this thing to start. No announcements or communications about anything yet. 😵‍💫

Oh my god finally, it's a miracle, jury and judge are here and Holmes is back on the stand.

(No indication of what caused the 1.5 hour delay BTW.)

Again, you can follow along here! nytimes.com/live/2021/11/1…

Apologies for getting this far in a thread about 🩸Our Holmes Matter🩸 without a single wowsy, so, wowsy, I'm tired!

First post about the testimony so far: Holmes is rebutting one of the key points of the prosecution - the falsified validation reports. nytimes.com/live/2021/11/2…

Underscoring the defense's case is this quote from Holmes lawyer Lance Wade during opening statements back in September: “The reality of what happened at Theranos is far, far more complicated than what you have heard about Elizabeth Holmes so far."

And that is it for our short day! Jury is gone. Holmes attempted to make meaningful eye contact with each of them as they walked by.

Lawyers are now fighting about how much time they've had to go over documents.