The defense in Elizabeth Holmes' trial expected to rest next week — Transcript

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1. 0:00the defense in the elizabeth holmes
2. 0:01fraud trial expected to rest its case
3. 0:04next week cnbc's yasmin koram is in san
4. 0:07francisco with the latest details yasmin
5. 0:09you've been following it from the
6. 0:10beginning give us your quick sense of
7. 0:12where we are how it's going and what you
8. 0:14expect next week
9. 0:16sarah elizabeth holmes has been speaking
10. 0:18directly to the jury for five days now
11. 0:21she has acknowledged she's made some
12. 0:22mistakes even at times said she wished
13. 0:24she would have done things differently
14. 0:26in cross-examination prosecutors are now
15. 0:29poking holes at that they've gotten her
16. 0:31to admit that not only she added the
17. 0:33logos of giant drug makers onto these
18. 0:35ceremonies reports that she gave to
19. 0:37investors and executives but she also
20. 0:40doctored some of the language on some of
21. 0:42these reports guys this is as close to
22. 0:44smoking gun as you can get in this trial
23. 0:47elizabeth holmes on the stand has told
24. 0:48the jury that yes i was the ceo i was
25. 0:51the ultimate decision maker but she has
26. 0:54also hinted to the jury that behind the
27. 0:56scenes she was controlled almost like a
28. 0:58puppet by company president and her
29. 1:01boyfriend at the time sonny balwani next
30. 1:03week the defense is expected to rest and
31. 1:06guys my sources tell me that elizabeth
32. 1:08holmes is really betting on herself here
33. 1:10to clear her name
34. 1:12and and jasmine what have been the most
35. 1:15surprising wild card and unexpected
36. 1:17parts of her defense thus far
37. 1:20well first of all the most surprising
38. 1:22thing is elizabeth holmes taking the
39. 1:23stand any legal analyst will tell you
40. 1:25that it's very rare for a white-collar
41. 1:28defendant to take the stand there's a
42. 1:30lot of inconsistencies in what she has
43. 1:32said she has taken prior civil
44. 1:34depositions and she has changed her
45. 1:36answer now uh the whole uh blaming her
46. 1:39ex-boyfriend has been surprising to hear
47. 1:42and it's really shown a different side
48. 1:44of elizabeth holmes we all remember
49. 1:46holmes in her heyday she married herself
50. 1:48as her idol steve jobs they have really
51. 1:50softened her image now inside the
52. 1:52courtroom she's broken down several
53. 1:54times cried to the jury telling him that
54. 1:57you know she suffered years of abuse at
55. 1:58the hands of her boyfriend very serious
56. 2:00allegations that sonny balwani
57. 2:02categorically denies at the end of the
58. 2:04day this all comes down to intent this
59. 2:07jury will have to decide if elizabeth
60. 2:09holmes intended to deceive and mislead
61. 2:12investors and patients