The Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes completed a second day of testimony in her own defense, in a widely followed fraud trial that could have major implications for Silicon Valley.
Flanked by her mother and partner Billy Evans, Holmes brusquely walked into the federal courthouse in San Jose, California, past throngs of journalists who had been waiting since the early morning hours to chronicle one of the most high-profile trials the tech world has seen in decades.
She faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly defrauding investors and patients after her company’s blood-testing devices failed to deliver on ambitious promises to perform hundreds of health tests using just a drop of blood. Holmes, 37, has pleaded not guilty.
In her testimony
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