Elizabeth Holmes' defense lawyers are asking their work in the Theranos fraud case be deemed 'essential' so they can defy lockdown orders
The lawyers defending Elizabeth Holmes, the founder behind the infamous blood-testing startup Theranos, are asking their case be deemed "essential," which would allow the defense team to defy multiple lockdown orders put in place amid the coronavirus pandemic.if convicted in the criminal trial scheduled to begin in July.
However, the judge overseeing the case doesn't appear to be sympathetic to the defense's pleas. In a telephone hearing last week, federal judge Edward Davila reportedly told defense lawyers he was "taken aback" by their filing. "I have to tell you: I was a little concerned about your filing basically asking the court to violate other orders," Davila said,. "The tone of it is: 'Judge, if you want us to go forward, you're going to have order us to violate other jurisdictions' orders and that's what we are asking you to do in a very public way — a very publicly filed way.
Meanwhile, the federal prosecutors in the case are allowed to forgo travel restrictions and lockdown orders. US attorney general William BarrOnce the CEO of multi-billion dollar blood-testing company Theranos, Holmes now is
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