Compelling Hallie Biden
In Los Angeles, David Weiss has moved to compel Hallie Biden’s testimony. That raises questions about whether, and if so how, he has compelled her testimony in Delaware.
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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
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
/29 Comments/in 2024 Election/by emptywheelNicole and I talked, a lot, about the Trump verdict, but also Aileen Cannon, Hunter Biden, and more.
Trump Undone by the Truth of His Pecker
/141 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Financial Fraud/by emptywheelTrump’s success, his persona, has always been a careful creation built on fraud. And that fraud became criminal in significant part because David Pecker told the truth about the fictions that go into sustaining the fraud.
Trump Convicted of Fraud to Cover-up Fucking a Sex Worker
/279 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelA jury has found Trump guilty of at least five counts against him.
“True:” Hunter Biden Prosecutor Derek Hines Claims 80-Plus Equals “A Couple”
/35 Comments/in 2024 Election, emptywheel, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelThe same guy who claimed a Keith Ablow photo showing sawdust was proof of Hunter Biden’s cocaine use now claims that he can use the content of digital communications to prove their authenticity.
How the Steele Dossier Broke MAGAts’ Brains
/66 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelThe story of how the Steele dossier broke MAGAts’ brains involves a brutal double game from Oleg Deripaska, injection of disinformation into the dossier, and use of the dossier to discredit totally unrelated parts of the Russian investigation.
Chris Kise Asks Aileen Cannon to Sanction Jack Smith because Chris Kise Doctored a Filing
/74 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelRather than responding to Jay Bratt’s request to modify Trump’s release conditions, Trump’s lawyers have instead demanded that the request be stricken because prosecutors didn’t wait three days before filing the request.
Jack Smith Invites Aileen Cannon to Protect the Country Rather than Just Donald Trump
/123 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelIt’s not just that Jack Smith asked Aileen Cannon to order Trump to stop lying about being targeted for assassination, it’s that he asked in a way that makes her bias clear.
Fridays with Nicole Sandler, with Updates
/17 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelThis time, with updated links about everything that happened in the five short hours since we taped.
Derek Hines’ Disappearing [Three Colors of] Ink
/51 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelDerek Hines has twice tried to hide the fact that the guy who sold Hunter Biden a gun used three different color inks on the form on which Hunter Biden is accused of lying.