Disgraced ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is asking for too much: Prosecutors
08/05/2020Attorney for Theranos’ Holmes asks for trial delay over coronavirus pandemic
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes’ attorney has asked to push back her trial date until April 2021 citing coronavirus concerns. FOX Business’ Melissa Francis with more.
Prosecutors fired back against Elizabeth Holmes’ recent request for court documents regarding the grand jury that voted to indict her, arguing that she is asking for too much and is suggesting “without basis” that the jurors were improperly selected, according to court papers and a report.
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The ousted Theranos founder and CEO had requested access to documents and information pertaining to the government’s grand jury selection process, which, as a whole, was stalled in March until June as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Law360 reported.
The prosecution submitted a response to the court on Friday, and the outlet later published the court papers online.
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The government’s motion says Holmes has requested “21 broad categories of documents” surrounding the selection process.
“She speculates the Grand Jury was selected after the onset of the pandemic. She invokes marketing materials of a private jury consulting firm to assert ‘serious concern’ about ‘the representativeness of the Grand Jury,’” the prosecution argues. “And without basis, she suggests the Grand Jury that returned the Second and Third Superseding Indictments – and indictments in other cases since June 1, 2020 — was not selected at random from a fair cross section of the community.”
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Prosecutors asked the judge to deny Holmes’ request in part because she was not entitled to certain documents because they aren’t necessary.