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She had similarly connected political board members: https://news.crunchbase.com/health-wellness-biotech/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-trial-investors-board/ https:

She had similarly connected political board members: https://news.crunchbase.com/health-wellness-biotech/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-trial-investors-board/ https://news.crunchbase.com/health-wellness-biotech/theranos... Henry Kissinger (former United States Secretary of State); Jim Mattis (retired Marine Corps four-star general); George Shultz (former United States Secretary of State); Richard Kovacevich (former CEO of Wells Fargo); William Perry (former United States Secretary of Defense); William Foege (former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). She is like a little FTX in that sense. But I don't believe the Clintons' are uniquely corrupt, rather just as corrupt as similarly powerful US politicians. I am not a believer if QAnon conspiracies.

phone8675309 4y ago
It’s always a good thing when someone screws over Kissinger. She should get a pardon just for that.
wutbrodo 4y ago
I don't share GP's cynicism, but I think the argument would be that none of those people are "similarly powerful" to the Clintons.
- fredoralive 4y ago
  How Henry Kissinger's stock has fallen it seems...
  - DonHopkins 4y ago
    He's still got nicer legs than Hitler, and bigger tits than Cher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5vo7jLGOb8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5vo7jLGOb8
- aliqot 4y ago
  Put "-Dynasty" after all of them, and the only one that fits and has common use is "Clinton Dynasty"
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    If you're still hearing "Clinton Dynasty" these days, you're in a serious filter bubble.
    - bhouston 4y ago
      The reach of the QAnon fantasies is pretty far reaching these days, even Hacker News isn't immune unfortunately.
      - aliqot 4y ago
dv_dt 4y ago
She had connected investors who felt defrauded. That increased the odds of her getting convicted. If they thought there was still a chance of getting value out the odds would probably lean the other way.
- Firmwarrior 4y ago
  I think if the system were as corrupt as you guys say, Holmes would have committed suicide or suffered some debilitating accident or something. Going to jail for just a few years doesn't feel like much of a dose of vengeance
  - dv_dt 4y ago
    That’s an escalation ad absurdism of what my actual opinion is about outcomes.

phone8675309 4y ago

It’s always a good thing when someone screws over Kissinger. She should get a pardon just for that.

wutbrodo 4y ago

I don't share GP's cynicism, but I think the argument would be that none of those people are "similarly powerful" to the Clintons.

fredoralive 4y ago
How Henry Kissinger's stock has fallen it seems...
- DonHopkins 4y ago
  He's still got nicer legs than Hitler, and bigger tits than Cher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5vo7jLGOb8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5vo7jLGOb8
aliqot 4y ago
Put "-Dynasty" after all of them, and the only one that fits and has common use is "Clinton Dynasty"
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  If you're still hearing "Clinton Dynasty" these days, you're in a serious filter bubble.
  - bhouston 4y ago
    The reach of the QAnon fantasies is pretty far reaching these days, even Hacker News isn't immune unfortunately.
    - aliqot 4y ago

dv_dt 4y ago

She had connected investors who felt defrauded. That increased the odds of her getting convicted. If they thought there was still a chance of getting value out the odds would probably lean the other way.

Firmwarrior 4y ago
I think if the system were as corrupt as you guys say, Holmes would have committed suicide or suffered some debilitating accident or something. Going to jail for just a few years doesn't feel like much of a dose of vengeance
- dv_dt 4y ago
  That’s an escalation ad absurdism of what my actual opinion is about outcomes.