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About emptywheel
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
Entries by emptywheel
Judge David Carter Confirms Trump Could Be Prosecuted for [A Lower Standard of] Obstruction
/46 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelSince August 19, I have been telling TV lawyers that if Trump were to be prosecuted for January 6, it would be for conspiracy to obstruct the vote count. Yesterday, Judge David Carter ruled that it was likely Trump had committed that crime (though he reached that judgement using a lower standard than DOJ would need to meet in four ways).
Clarence Thomas’ Non-Recusal Might Have Also Hidden the Missing Mark Meadows Texts
/154 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelClarence Thomas could have covered up more than the embarrassing communications his spouse had with Mark Meadows with his decision to uphold Trump’s expansive privilege claims surrounding January 6. He could also have covered up communications that should exist at the Archives but which were destroyed.