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2015), CNBC’s Mad Money (April 27, 2015), CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS (May
18, 2015), and PBS’s Charlie Rose (June 3, 2015) can all be viewed on
YouTube.


  1. TRADE SECRETS


Rounding out the group: Fritsch’s firm, Fusion GPS, would later gain notoriety for
commissioning the infamous dossier on President Donald Trump from a
former British spy alleging that Trump was vulnerable to Russian blackmail.


The tone was set from the start: I also recorded the meeting. The quotes are
transcribed verbatim from that recording.


At Traub’s request, I had sent: Email with the subject line “list of questions for
Theranos” sent by John Carreyrou to Matthew Traub at 6:33 p.m. EST on
June 9, 2015.


The letter inside the envelope: Letter from David Boies to Erika Cheung dated June
26, 2015.


Attached to it was a formal letter: Letter from David Boies to Jason P. Conti,
copying John Carreyrou and Mike Siconolfi, dated June 26, 2015.


The next day, I received: Email with the subject line “Re: Theranos HIPAA waiver”
sent by Nicole Sundene to John Carreyrou at 7:04 p.m. EST on June 30, 2015.


I sent Heather King an email: Email with the subject line “Eric Nelson” sent by
John Carreyrou to Heather King at 1:07 p.m. EST on July 1, 2015.


Later that week, Boies: Letter from David Boies to Jason P. Conti, copying Mark H.
Jackson, John Carreyrou, and Mike Siconolfi, dated July 3, 2015.


His main evidence to back up: The signed statements by Drs. Rezaie and Beardsley
are dated July 1, 2015.


Dr. Stewart emailed a few days later: Email with the subject line “Theranos” sent
by Dr. Stewart to John Carreyrou at 8:26 p.m. EST on July 8, 2015.



  1. LA MATTANZA


The first was that the FDA: Theranos, “Theranos Receives FDA Clearance and
Review and Validation of Revolutionary Finger Stick Technology, Test, and
Associated System,” press release, July 2, 2015, Theranos website.


The second was that a new law: Ken Alltucker, “Do-It-Yourself Lab Testing
Without Doc’s Orders Begins,” Arizona Republic, July 7, 2015.


The latest had been a state dinner: Helena Andrews-Dyer and Emily Heil, “Japan

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