Douglass Mackey Sentenced to 7 Months for Conspiring to Violate 18 USC 241
Douglass Mackey was sentenced to seven months for conspiring to violate 18 USC 241, attempting to trick Hillary voters out of their vote.
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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
The Holding Pattern on the Non-Trump January 6 Charges
/59 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelSeveral recent stories raise questions about whether DOJ would prosecute any Trump associates for January 6 until it were clear that Trump couldn’t just pardon them of their charges.
Gary Shapley’s “Red Line” Tantrum Actually Started Two Weeks Earlier
/21 Comments/in 2022 Mid-Term Election, 2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelIt turns out that tantrum that Gary Shapley retroactively claimed arose from a “red line” crossed at an October 7, 2022 meeting actually started weeks earlier.
Face-Eating Leopards Shocked to Find Leopards in Their Casino
/54 Comments/in 2022 Mid-Term Election/by emptywheelRepublicans are shocked, shocked to find out that the other face-eating leopards in their casino are face-eating leopards.
As Jordan Goes Down, Nancy Pelosi Mocks Republican Men Who Can’t Count
/112 Comments/in 2022 Mid-Term Election/by emptywheelNancy Pelosi responded to Jim Jordan’s failure to win the Speaker’s gavel by laughing about Republican inability to count.
“JIM IS COMING FOR YOU:” Aspiring Speaker Jordan’s Stochastic Lynching as Oversight
/184 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelFor years, Jim Jordan has been using purported oversight to target perceived enemies of Donald Trump, repeatedly resulting in violent threats. As he runs to be Speaker of the House, those threats deserve more focus.
Bret Baier’s False Claim, the Escort Service, and Former Fox News Pundit Keith Ablow
/86 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Cybersecurity, emptywheel, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelBret Baier interrupted a sober conversation with Leon Panetta about the Israeli terrorist attack to make a false claim about Hunter Biden’s “laptop.”
SDNY Adds FARA Charges to Menendez Indictment
/119 Comments/in Foreign Influence/by emptywheelSDNY has added FARA charges against Robert Menendez, his wife Nadine, and Wael Hana.
Five Years Ago Today, Hunter Biden Bought a Gun
/30 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelAs of today, the fifth anniversary of the day when Hunter Biden purchased a gun (and so the day statutes of limitation begin to expsire), things may start to get interesting with his challenge to his ongoing prosecution.
Twenty-Five: The Trump Family Member and Other Attorney-Client Delusions
/63 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelIn addition to making a solid case that Judge Chutkan should make Trump declare whether he’ll rely on an advice of counsel defense by December 18, DOJ’s filing making that request admits that attorney-client privilege claims continue to blind DOJ to some of the universe of related communications pertaining to January 6.