Good morning. It’s April 27, 2023.
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was supposed to report to federal prison this morning for her crimes and fraud. Her sentencing was delayed, after a last-minute appeal. She named her infant daughter Invicta, meaning ‘unconquered.’ The Stanford dropout awaits her fate ensconced in a nine million dollar oceanfront compound.
Trust in the US Supreme Court remains at record lows. Clarence Thomas has been thoroughly exposed as corrupt by the stunning ProPublica investigation that detailed his undisclosed payments and gifts. Neil Gorsuch must have gotten his ethical briefing on the down low from Clarence when he joined the court. It turns out he sold a property to the head of a law firm that has several cases before SCOTUS. He never disclosed the purchaser’s name in his federal disclosure forms.