Author Archive for: emptywheel
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 Carl Nichols Upends DOJ’s January 6 Prosecution Strategy
/32 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelOn Friday, I argued that both the January 6 Committee and TV lawyers wailing about DOJ’s slow pace of prosecution needed to look more closely at the litigation surrounding DOJ’s use of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) to prosecute January 6 defendants. [U]ltimately all 22 judges are likely to weigh in on this obstruction application (and there […]
It Is Not News that Bill Barr Lied to Protect Kleptocracy
/62 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, Impeachment, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelBefore Russia invaded a peaceful country, it attempted to achieve the same ends by cultivating Trump, by trading him electoral wins for Ukrainian sovereignty. Bill Barr was a central part in letting that effort continue unchecked until January 20, 2021. Yet TV journalists are interviewing him as if he is a respectable member of society.