{"id":245793,"date":"2026-01-22T08:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/245793\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:12:07","slug":"elizabeth-holmes-asks-trump-administration-for-early-prison-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/245793\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Holmes asks Trump administration for early prison release"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Silicon Valley company was once valued at more than $15 billion, which was derived from wealthy private investors such as Rupert Murdoch and the Walton family, as well as strategic partnerships, most notably pharmaceutical giant Walgreens.<\/p>\n

\"ElizabethElizabeth Holmes on the cover of Forbes in 2014. Photo \/ Forbes<\/p>\n

In 2014, Forbes magazine recognised Holmes as the world\u2019s youngest self-made billionaire. She was 30 at the time.<\/p>\n

The fraud, which ran from 2010 to 2015, came undone following the courageous efforts from former Theranos interns Tyler Schulz and Erika Cheung to expose a culture of lies, secrecy, and dodgy science within the organisation.<\/p>\n

The technology was uncovered as a failure in a Wall Street Journal investigation by Ronan Farrow, and the story of the company\u2019s demise spurred numerous retellings in books, podcasts and TV series.<\/p>\n

Holmes, who later married hotel heir Billy Evans with whom she shares two young children, was convicted in a 2022 trial in San Jose, California and ordered to pay $771 million in restitution to 14 victims.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg.com reported she was serving her sentence at a minimum-security prison camp in Texas.<\/p>\n

\"ElizabethElizabeth Holmes, centre, with her mother, Noel, and her partner, Billy Evans, arrives at the courthouse for her fraud trial in San Jose in 2021. Photo \/ Jim Wilson, New York Times<\/p>\n

An application to overturn her conviction was denied at a federal appeals court in February last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are continuing to fight for my innocence and we know the truth can not be repressed for ever [sic],\u201d a post from Holmes\u2019 X (formerly Twitter) account read today.<\/p>\n

The request was filed in 2025, acording to the Office of the Pardon Attorney website. <\/p>\n

The status of the request is \u201cpending\u201d, meaning it\u2019s under review.<\/p>\n

A White House official told CNN, the White House does not comment on clemency requests. <\/p>\n

All requests for pardons or commutations rest with President Trump, the official said.<\/p>\n

If Trump commutes her sentence, she would still face restitution and probation, obligations that would not apply if she received a pardon.<\/p>\n

Last week, Trump pardoned convicted fraudster Adriana Camberos for a second time, after he granted her clemency for another fraud during his first term, the Guardian reported.<\/p>\n

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