Ashraf Shaaban Listed as Global Legal Head of National Bank of Egypt
The American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt ties a lawyer named in the court filings investigating a suspected payment to Trump to the National Bank of Egypt.
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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
An Egyptian Bank Claimed Details of a Suspected $10 Million Payment to Trump Might be in China
/33 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Financial Fraud, Foreign Influence, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelA bank owned by Egypt said it couldn’t comply with a subpoena seeking information on a suspected payment to Trump during the 2016 election, in part, because China’s laws would prevent that.
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
/18 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelWe spoke a lot about SCOTUS and Aileen Cannon’s interference.
Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller Demand the Right to Foster Right Wing Violence for the Election
/28 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelIn courts up and down the East Coast, Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller are making the same argument: That Trump and his team must be permitted to make false, incendiary attacks on rule of law as part of an electoral campaign.
Garrett Ziegler Done in by His Chateau Marmont Field Trip
/21 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelGarrett Ziegler’s own California field trip were cited to deny his motion to dismiss Hunter Biden’s lawsuit against him.
The Schulte CIPA Transcripts: Locking up Vault 8
/3 Comments/in Russian hacks, WikiLeaks/by emptywheelAmong the most interesting details revealed by the CIPA transcripts from the Josh Schulte case is that — at least in 2022 — the government still considered the tie to the Vault 8 source code theft and release classified information.
The Document Found with Roger Stone’s Clemency Did Pertain to Emmanuel Macron
/67 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelIn yet another bid to get Trump’s stolen documents case thrown out, Trump’s attorneys appear to have confirmed that a document in some way associated with clemency for Roger Stone pertained to Emmanuel Macron.
Hunter Biden’s Prosecutors Complained about the Laptop, Once, Too
/11 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelIn a bench conference at the Hunter Biden trial, prosecutors tried to exclude information from the laptop, once.
The Threats that Hunter Biden’s Prosecutors Pretended Didn’t Exist Continue Unabated
/58 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelWhen Hunter Biden raised the way Trump had elicited threats against those investigating him, prosecutors simply pretended the threats didn’t exist. But the arrest of a rabid Trump supporter last week made visible how vicious such threats are.
Fridays with Nicole Sandler (and LOLGOP and Spocko)
/25 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelLOLGOP, Spocko, and I talked a lot about the Hunter Biden case.