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keep_left

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10. Yup, she ripped off her investors...

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 23, 2021, 07:32 PM

Dec 2021

in a big way. It's hard to overstate what a scam she was running. She had contracts with drugstores like Walgreens that were already a going concern even before the Theranos machines could be delivered (and of course, they didn't work). And her corporate board was a who's-who of government/military leaders (e.g. George Schultz). There is a really good book about the Theranos scam: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou.

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Why Elisabeth Holmes and not Trump ? [View all] drray23 Dec 2021 OP

He knows the value of delay, impede, appeal, postpone. . . Stargleamer Dec 2021 #1

So does she in her lawyers, she's female and laws are different uponit7771 Dec 2021 #6

His pal Rudy FelineOverlord Dec 2021 #2

She committed her crimes 8 years ago, not 1 year ago. And she is not as big a fish or tricky. . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #3

So did Trump, multiple crimes even when he began with obstructing Comey uponit7771 Dec 2021 #7

It was before that when he started committing crimes jmowreader Dec 2021 #14

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2021 #15

Investors came after Holmes, authorities listen then. Hoyt Dec 2021 #4

You simply don't understand jmowreader Dec 2021 #5

ah ... got it 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 uponit7771 Dec 2021 #8

Yes there seem to be a pattern there... drray23 Dec 2021 #9

Yup, she ripped off her investors... keep_left Dec 2021 #10

I read somewhere that he was sometimes an informer for the feds. I have no idea if that's tblue37 Dec 2021 #11

It wasn't just investors, JenniferJuniper Dec 2021 #12

presidents are above the law. trump is by no means the first mucifer Dec 2021 #13