
Elizabeth Holmes' defense makes it case to jurors in closing arguments
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Elizabeth Holmes' defense will continue presenting its closing arguments Friday in her criminal fraud trial as the case edges closer to jury deliberations following more than three months of witness testimony.
Over the course of roughly two hours on Thursday, Holmes' attorney Kevin Downey attempted to undercut the government's case that the former CEO and founder of Theranos knowingly misled investors, doctors and patients about the capabilities of her failed startup's blood testing technology for financial gain.
Downey portrayed Holmes as a young entrepreneur "building a business and not a criminal enterprise," and ticked through evidence that he said showed she lacked intent to deceive. In order to convict Holmes, who faces nine counts of federal wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, prosecutors need to convince a jury of eight men and four women of Holmes' intent.

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