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.
In a recent column, Elie Honig bitched that Jack Smith’s immunity filing violates DOJ’s prohibition on pre-election statements. I suspect, however, that Jack Smith actually did adhere to DOJ rules by withholding things he might otherwise have included in the superseding indictment against Trump.
Maybe we have those to look forward to, after the election. If we make it that far.