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
The Office of Special Counsel Report on Trumpsters’ Crimes: Toothless, But Useful?
/30 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election/by emptywheelOn Office of Special Counsel showing how rampantly Trump encouraged his flunkies to violate the Hatch Act may do little more than demonstrate how toothless the OSC is. But in this case, the report may be useful for demonstrating that Trump cannot be treated with presidential prerogatives in the last months of his Administration.
Donald Trump Would Withhold Evidence about Whether Enrique Tarrio Really Did Visit the White House Last December
/34 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelTrump’s attempt to claim privilege over White House records pertaining to January 6 is not, just, an obvious attempt by Donald Trump to cover up his own crimes. It’s not just an attempt to hide how, in contrast to his predecessors, he did nothing as the nation’s capital was attacked.
It’s also an attempt to hide whether Trump invited the terrorists inside the White House to plot the event.