Holmes Can Find Fair Jurors Despite Publicity, Judge Says (1)

The federal judge overseeing the prosecution of Elizabeth Holmes played down her lawyers’ concern that it will be hard to pick an unbiased jury for her Silicon Valley trial given the massive publicity around the rise and fall of her blood-testing startup Theranos Inc.

Holmes and her prosecutors will probably be “delighted” or “surprised” that there will be prospective jurors that aren’t going to know anything about the case, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila said at a Tuesday hearing in San Jose, California, where jury selection is scheduled to begin Aug. 31. “That, too, is a reality of life, that’s ...