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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
Hunter Biden Sues the IRS
/135 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelFor five years, the government has (apparently) chosen to relentlessly pursue pickayune charges against Hunter Biden while ignoring the crimes committed to try to force the government to file those charges. And Abbe Lowell may be preparing to make that case in the case of any trial.
On Recusal, Give Trump the Evidentiary Hearing He Demands!
/83 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelTrump claims that during the year and a half of January 6 cases she had presided over by October 28, 2022, Judge Tanya Chutkan had not seen any evidence from which she could form an opinion about Trump’s role in the event. By all means, let’s put the evidence she had seen in the record.
After Threats Elicited by Gary Shapley’s Misleading Testimony, Hunter Biden Prosecutors Reneged on the Plea Deal
/109 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Hunter Biden, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelIn a package to Congress, Abbe Lowell laid out all the evidence that Gary Shapley’s political pressure led directly to David Weiss’ decision to ratchet up the charges against Hunter Biden. But the package left something out: Shapley’s media tour has also led to credible threats of violence targeting the prosecutor who first crafted the plea deal.