The reporter who first exposed Elizabeth Holmes’s fraud at Theranos reflects on watching Nathan Fielder’s documentary, "You Can See Everything," which granted Holmes the access she once denied him. He recalls his Wall Street Journal investigation into her claims about revolutionary blood-testing technology, which he concluded was false after months of reporting. Holmes repeatedly refused his interview requests and sent lawyer David Boies to intimidate him and whistle-blowers.
Though Holmes had earlier discussed a documentary with Errol Morris, the reporter declined, insisting the facts showed clear fraud. Years later, after Holmes’s 2022 conviction on four counts of investor fraud and sentencing to over 11 years in prison, she granted full access to Fielder and Oppenheim, seeking to control her narrative. The reporter notes Fielder was not easily manipulated; instead, Holmes’s own behavior under questioning — including unblinking stares, forced smiles, and manufactured tears — revealed her dishonesty.
The documentary, he observes, ultimately functions as a microscope on her lies, undermining her attempt at redemption.
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