Elizabeth Holmes says she had faith in Theranos’s early studies

Founder of controversial blood-testing startup will continue testifying in her own defense on Tuesday

The Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes completed a second day of testimony in her own defense, in a widely followed fraud trial that could have major implications for Silicon Valley.

Flanked by her mother and partner Billy Evans, Holmes brusquely walked into the federal courthouse in San Jose, California, past throngs of journalists who had been waiting since the early morning hours to chronicle one of the most high-profile trials the tech world has seen in decades.