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 Indictment Signer:” Lindsey Halligan’s Time in the Grand Jury
/55 Comments/in Weaponized DOJ/by emptywheelThe Judge who’ll preside over Jim Comey and Tish James’ challenges to Lindsey Halligan’s appointment, Judge Cameron McGowen Currie, just ordered that the government provide her with all the grand jury materials in those two cases. That could be very damning to Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer.
Donald Trump and His Speaker-Puppet
/38 Comments/in Unitary Executive/by emptywheelI want to talk about some implications of this Annie Karni story, describing the background to what is plain as day: Donald Trump, who jokes in private that he — not Mike Johnson — is the Speaker of the House, runs the nominal Speaker. Karni pitches the story in terms of Johnson’s “decision” to keep […]