emptywheel Makes CIPA History
Judge Jesse Furman has used my intervention as an excuse to order the government to release redacted transcripts of a CIPA conference from the Josh Schulte case.
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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
Mr. Smith Goes to SCOTUS
/107 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelJack Smith submitted his brief responding to Trump’s immunity claims to SCOTUS.
How Mark Scarsi Post Hoc Dismantled Abbe Lowell’s Juicy Timeline
/26 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelMark Scarsi is an admirably meticulous judge. But in key areas of his opinion rejecting Hunter Biden’s motions to dismiss, his failure to meet his own rigorous standards may make the decision more vulnerable on appeal.
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
/87 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelWe talk a lot about Aileen Cannon. And other stuff.
Maryellen Noreika and Mark Scarsi’s Schrödinger’s Cat
/74 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelJudge Maryellen Noreika’s role in determining the status of the immunity agreement signed by Hunter Biden is quite different than Judge Mark Scarsi. That’s because after she, as a non-party to it, inquired into the already-signed contract, it led the contract to become a non-contract.
Bullshit and Also, Aileen Cannon, Post
/174 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelMy potty mouth has gone big time.
The Import of Judge Mark Scarsi’s Truncated Klamath Quote
/45 Comments/in Hunter Biden/by emptywheelBoth David Weiss and Judge Mark Scarsi relied on 9th Circuit precedent that says if the terms of the Hunter Biden diversion agreement are susceptible to different interpretations, then it is ambiguous and Hunter Biden’s understanding of the agreement must hold.
Jack Smith to Aileen Cannon: Treating Non-Lawyer Tom Fitton’s Theories as Law Will Lead to Mandamus
/320 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelJack Smith has now formally informed Judge Aillen Cannon that she has been chasing a whack theory spun up by someone, Tom Fitton, who doesn’t even have a JD.
Judge Mark Scarsi’s Quantum Theory of Murdered Contract Law
/133 Comments/in Hunter Biden/by emptywheelEven Judge Mark Scarsi used a metaphor — Schrödinger’s cat — intended to convey absurdity to describe his interpretation of Hunter Biden’s diversion agreement.
Michael Schvartsman Prepares to Plead … with Trump Org’s Sometime Lawyer Alan Futerfas
/117 Comments/in Financial Fraud/by emptywheelOn the same day that Trump’s media empire crashed on news that it may never become viable, a guy accused of insider trading and money laundering, Michael Schvartsman, took steps to plead guilty.