Elizabeth Holmes, the imprisoned founder of Theranos, seems to be garnering support from elements within President Donald Trump’s base as she seeks a presidential pardon.

Jessica Reed Kraus, known for documenting the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative, recently shared insights on her popular House Inhabit Substack. Kraus revealed that her reliable MAHA associates had urged her to take a fresh look at Holmes’ legal situation.

In a post titled “Elizabeth Holmes’ Redemption Arc Loading,” Kraus highlighted that her MAHA contacts emphasized two key points: Holmes did not sell her stock and was acquitted of charges regarding patient harm.

Kraus considered it plausible that Holmes, who founded Theranos at just 19, posed “a catastrophic threat to a trillion-dollar industry dominated by conglomerates” through her innovative blood-testing technology, presenting this as a “more practical angle” to understand Holmes’ downfall.

Holmes received an 11-and-a-half-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in her blood-testing start-up, a story chronicled in the book “Bad Blood” and the Hulu series “The Dropout.”

Her sentence has been reduced, with Holmes now expected to be released in August 2032, unless she secures a pardon from Trump during his presidency.

Trump hasn’t shied away from controversial pardons, letting the January 6 rioters off the hook en masse on day one. 

He has also been open to pardoning people who are borderline celebrities, as he commuted the prison sentence of former Republican Representative George Santos in October, after being influenced by several current and former members of the Republican caucus. 

The jailed Theranos founder, Elizabeth Holmes, is finding allies in President Donald Trump’s coalition, as she appears to be angling for a pardon

Trump also pardoned reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley in May after their daughter, Savannah, became a MAGA-aligned figure. 

Holmes is following that example from the confines of prison, using her X account.

As Kraus pointed out, Holmes has used the account, which she says represents ‘mostly my words, posted by others,’ as her internet use is constrained in prison to praise the president and other figures in his orbit.

She’s said positive things about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the de facto leader of the MAHA movement, along with the late Charlie Kirk, Kai Trump, Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk, who’s now on better terms with the president after their June falling out. 

Holmes has followed the coverage of her making inroads with MAHA and MAGA.

When Politico published a magazine piece Tuesday about the MAHA embrace of her prison plight, she reshared it, acknowledging that she believed in their cause.

‘I have been working to Make America Healthy Again since 2004. I will continue to dedicate my life ahead to improving healthcare in this beautiful country I call home,’ Holmes wrote. ‘I don’t know if MAHA is embracing me but I support their cause, Healthier Americans.’

In the Politico piece, Benjamin Mazer, a pathologist and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins, explained the common strands between Holmes and MAHA. 

Trump hasn’t shied away from controversial pardons, as he’s pardoned reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley and former Republican Representative George Santos

‘She was very big in positioning herself as an anti-establishment figure,’ said Mazer, who has written in the past about Holmes and the MAHA movement separately. ‘The large lab companies were the bad guys, and then she’s the outsider, small player who is going to overtake the establishment. That fits in with [MAHA.]’ 

Holmes has also caught the attention of a prominent figure in the pro-life movement – long a part of the Republican Party – with anti-abortion activist Lila Rose sharing one of her posts earlier this month with the comment, ‘Free Liz.’ 

The Theranos founder said she was ‘pro-life’ after she got pregnant months before her trial. 

In an X post in October, Holmes said prosecutors told her she could have ‘handled it.’ 

‘They suggested I should have had an abortion. I would never. All life is precious and worth fighting for. We must protect it and defend it,’ Holmes wrote.  

Trump hasn’t been asked if he’d consider pardoning Holmes. 

‘The White House does not comment on the existence or non-existence of pardons. The President, not anyone else, is the final decider on pardon requests,’ a White House official told the Daily Mail.