Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes requests President Donald Trump to commute her prison sentence, per US Department of Justice

SAN FRANCISCO — Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has asked the Trump administration to commute her prison sentence, according to the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney.

Holmes, 41, has almost six years left of her sentence after she was convicted of defrauding investors with false claims about her company’s blood-testing technology.

News has reached out to her attorneys and the DOJ for comment.

According to the Office of the Pardon Attorney’s website, the request was filed sometime in 2025 and its status is currently “pending,” meaning it’s under review.

“The details about a specific case’s review cannot be shared,” the website states.

Holmes’ release date is currently Dec. 30, 2031, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ website.

Holmes unsuccessfully fought to delay her incarceration after she was found guilty of investor fraud and conspiracy in 2022.

Last year, an appeals court upheld the fraud convictions, sentences and $452 million restitution order for Holmes and her second-in-command, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, who was also found guilty of fraud and conspiracy.

The two had argued the court committed several legal errors and violated their constitutional rights during their separate trials. The three-judge panel for the appeals court rejected their claims, finding that any errors were harmless or that their arguments failed to show any violation.

As part of their appeal, they also challenged the restitution, arguing the figure should not have been based on the investors’ total investments. The panel stood by the restitution awarded by the lower court, concluding the “victims’ actual losses were equal to the total amount of their investments.”