The Suspected 2019 Exposure of Johnathan Buma’s Source
The reasons I’m cautious about Jonathan Buma’s whistleblower complaint go beyond the fact that he thought Chuck Johnson would make a good informant.
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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.
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Trump Continues to Disavow the Mob that Sacrificed Their Lives for Him
/65 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelTrump has — must have!! — seen the evidence about his mob that DOJ intends to use at trial. And his response is a blubbering effort to wish his mob away.
In Bid for a Trump Subpoena, Abbe Lowell Cites Trump’s Complaints about Politicization
/47 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelAbbe Lowell just asked for subpoenas so he can show that Donald Trump has intervened in Hunter Biden’s case personally.
The Two Impeachment Treason Trip: Ukraine Charges Rudy Giuliani’s Sources
/74 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Hunter Biden, Impeachment/by emptywheelThe reason Rudy Giuliani was not charged for soliciting election disinformation from a known Russian agent is that the Attorney General of the United States set up a system that separated the investigation of that Russian agent from the investigation of Rudy, all while channeling whatever disinformation Rudy obtained from Derkach (or Zlochevsky) into the investigation of Joe Biden’s son.
DOJ Accuses Donald Trump of Asking for Special Treatment Even His Seditionists Didn’t Get
/58 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Terrorism/by emptywheelIn citing the precedents against filming a trial, DOJ happened to cite the precedents pertaining to terrorists and his own seditionists.
In His House Judiciary Committee Testimony, John Durham Confessed that Michael Horowitz Was Right
/29 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelIn his June testimony about his report, John Durham admitted that the reason he said Michael Horowitz was wrong to say Crossfire Hurricane was properly predicated was that he thought Horowitz should consider his own conspiracy theory based on Russian intelligence that defied physics.
The Kinds of Laptop Documents the Hunter Biden Investigation Used
/18 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelOf around 150 documents Joseph Ziegler included in a spreadsheet of foreign influence documents used in the Hunter Biden investigation, almost 10% were from the laptop.
Scott Brady Checked In on Investigations into All of Rudy Giuliani’s Ukrainian Oligarchs
/33 Comments/in Hunter Biden/by emptywheelRudy Giuliani solicited Hunter Biden dirt from three corrupt Ukrainian oligarchs: Ihor Kolomoyskyi, Dmitry Firtash, and Mykola Zlochevsky. Scott Brady’s efforts to “vet” dirt on Hunter Biden checked in with all three investigations.
John Lauro’s DC Delay Tactics Backfire in Florida
/193 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelAfter Trump’s lawyers tried to stall both his federal trials simultaneously, Judge Aileen Cannon declined to delay the stolen document trial in Florida.
James Comer Subpoenas Dick Picks While Rome Burns
/28 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelHouse Republicans continue to sniff and subpoena dick pics even as a government shut down grows closer.