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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
Jack Smith Asks for an Extension
/17 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelJack Smith probably asked for a delay of the status report on Trump’s January 6 case to figure out how to approach the two obstruction charges against him in light of SCOTUS’ ruling on Fischer. But a delay until August 30 allows for the possibility Jack Smith might supersede Trump’s indictment.
Derek Hines’ Romanian Freeh Fall
/10 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelThe allegations about influence peddling on behalf of Gabriel Popoviciu that David Weiss wants to present at Hunter Biden’s tax trial — allegations that are wildly tangential to the charges against the President’s son — implicate the conduct of former FBI Director Louis Freeh, Derek Hines’ former boss.