>>7608026 (PB Notable) Theranos

Blood Money (2015)

In a 21st-century echo of his bromance with Charles Keating, McCain was a vociferous booster for Silicon Valley wunderkind Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, the scandal-tainted biotech company she founded in the Silicon Valley.

During the last election cycle, McCain netted thousands of dollars in contributions from executives at Theranos and others associated with the company. In return, the senator played PR rep for the venture online and supported a change in Arizona law that gave the company unfettered access to consumers in his home state.

Once the toast of the tech world and formerly valued at an estimated $9 billion, Theranos is now a byword for the industry’s “fake it till you make it” culture.

https://frontpageconfidential.com/stains-of-john-mccain/#chapter-3